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Re:Ask HN: What novels or other fictional works have Linux i... by ajarmst on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @02:12AM (#7975498)
Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon frequently references "Finix" ("Finux"? something like that), an obvious stand-in for Linux. IIRC, Stephenson chose the pseudonym to avoid geek rage if he mis-reported some tiny detail of Linux.
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Re:Ask HN: What novels or other fictional works have Linux i... by gregoreous on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @10:23PM (#7981131)
I vaguely remember that. I also remember one of the characters recoding his camera on the fly to take pictures of people ogling his computer at a meeting. Not too realistic, but cool.
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