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Scrolling down I was sure this was a Gilles answer. Thanks for a great answer though Aki!

nopcorn
– nopcorn

2012-02-03 15:05:48 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 15:05
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@MaxMackie - I know what you mean, I was thinking the same thing! :-)

Chris Down
– Chris Down

2012-02-03 15:09:53 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 15:09
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Haha I'm not really active here so I don't know who is Gilles, but I am looking forward to reading his answer!

Aki
– Aki

2012-02-03 15:12:52 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 15:12
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A big thank you for a great answer! I particularly enjoyed the last part. I just installed FreeBSD on a virtual machine. Let's see how it goes ...

rahmu
– rahmu

2012-02-05 17:22:56 +00:00
Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 17:22
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+1 for the last sentence. But I wish I could +2 for the whole

Shiplu Mokaddim
– Shiplu Mokaddim

2012-12-16 00:31:33 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2012 at 0:31

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like so
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add language identifier to highlight code
```python
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