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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
holy penguin pee
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n. [Linux] Notional substance said to be sprinkled by Linus onto other
people's contributions. With this ritual, he blesses them, officially making
them part of the kernel. First used in November 1998 just after Linus had
handed the maintenance of the stable kernel over to Alan Cox.