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A System-Witch’s Package Manager Murder Mystery

by Artemis Everfree artemis.sh published 2022-04-116 min read

It was a calm day on the puppy-linux thinkpad. The CPU was cool, the RAM was operating at double data rate, and a gentle breeze flowed through the chassis as the fan whirred away. A girl wanted to log onto Discord to chat with her friends, but much to her dismay, Discord needed a package update! No matter, such things…

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