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In a message dated 09-28-15, mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

 DS>> from Windows systems to Debian GNU/Linux for a complete n00b.
 HG> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->~~^
 HG> Excuse me, but what is that?

Good morning Mark,

ml> bastardized and shortened spelling of "newbie"... as in "new to the
ml> project and doesn't know anything about it"... "project" being
ml> anything... like OS/2, linux, frontdoor, mystic, email, roofing,
ml> carpeting, skiing, driving, farming, etc, etc, etc...

Thank you very much for the explanation. I may have stumbled over that
expression somewhere before, but just thinking that it was a keyboard
error. This time though, it made me curious ;o)

CU L8ER,

Holger

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