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Hacker Fables - A satirical cyberpunk novella you can read as a man page
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Very fun. We should make a debian package to install the manpage via apt.
First, you should read Anti-Oedipus for background: https://files.libcom.org/files/Anti-Oedipus.pdf
Lol, you know the lore
Thanks!
I was actually wondering if this could be packaged. At least AUR should be doable.
An AUR package feels especially fitting here—the act of installing it and opening it with man would make the distribution format part of the reading experience, not just another download option.