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		segmondy on March 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a Book with Unix You could have installed them on a VM for the sole purpose of writing the book. You didn't really wish to see the book published.

tombert on March 8, 2019 [–]

I mean, I don't know that I'm fully qualified to psychoanalyze myself, but I was going through a bit of a Stallman-esque phase where I said "No Windows in my apartment!"

I realize it was petty, and there are some regrets in how I handled it, I just thought the anecdote was amusing.

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