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< humour, programming> (UTSL) (A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi' s "Use t he Force, Luke!" in "Star Wars") A more polite version of href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=RTFS">RTFS. T his is a common way of suggesting t hat someone would be better off reading t he source code t hat supports w hatever feature is causing confusion, rat her t han making yet anot her futile pass t hroug h t he manuals, or broadcasting questions on href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet t hat haven' t attracted href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=wizard">wizards to answer t hem. Once upon a time in href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Elder Days">Elder Days, everyone running href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix had source. After 1978, href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=AT&T">AT&T' s policy tig htened up, so t his objurgation was in t heory appropriately directed only at associates of some outfit wit h a Unix href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=source licence">source licence. In practice, bootlegs of Unix source code (made precisely for reference purposes) were so ubiquitous t hat one could utter it at almost anyone on href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=the network">the network wit hout concern. Nowadays, free Unix clones are becoming common enoug h t hat almost anyone can read source legally. T he most widely distributed is probably href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Linux">Linux. href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=FreeBSD">FreeBSD, href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=NetBSD">NetBSD, href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=386BSD">386BSD, href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=jolix">jolix also have t heir followers. C heap commercial Unix implementations wit h source suc h as href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=BSD/OS">BSD/OS from href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=BSDI">BSDI are accelerating t his trend. (1996-01-02) In addition suitable contents: [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=31">2 ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=43">386 ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=44">386BSD ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=262">ad ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=893">AT ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=925">AT&T ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=935">au ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=996">av ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1025">B ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1026">b ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1034">ba ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1181">be ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1269">bi ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1368">bj ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1444">bo ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1486">boot ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1535">br ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1585">broadcast ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1605">BS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1609">BSD ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1611">BSDI ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1612">BSD/OS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1708">C ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1724">ca ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1859">cast ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1896">cc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2000">Ch ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2001">ch ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2099">ci ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2138">cl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2191">clone ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2247">co ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2273">code ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2330">com ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2545">con ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2941">cy ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2976">D ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3151">de ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3436">ding ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3752">du ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3834">E ] [ 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href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6446">iq ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6449">ir ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">is ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">it ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6681">jo ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6706">jolix ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6760">K ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">ke ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6822">ki ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7023">ld ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7068">legal ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">Lex ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7107">li ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7228">lite ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7399">ls ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">ly ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">ma ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7582">man ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8019">mm ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8032">mo ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8040">mod ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">module ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8167">mp ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8384">N ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">na ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8460">nc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8472">ne ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8488">net ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8496">NetBSD ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8533">network ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8622">nf ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8627">ng ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8630">ni ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8660">nl ] [ 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