"Boot it, a Linux song", written and performed by Nick Strauss (c) 2020         
                                                                                
[Verse I]                                                                       
                                                                                
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A car becomes an antique, then why does software go obsolete?                   
                                                                                
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Versions stepping through upgrades,                                             
                                                                                
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Hanging on a disk, this action will not complete                                
                                                                                
[Chorus - X3]                                                                   
                                                                                
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Grub in, Boot it,                                                               
                                                                                
[Verse II]                                                                      
                                                                                
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A car becomes an antique, then why does software go obsolete?                   
                                                                                
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Managers parceling out features, dividing free spirits, that can not be tamed.  
                                                                                
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Linux, its a free software tradition                                            
                                                                                
[Chorus - X3]                                                                   
                                                                                
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Source it, Image it,                                                            
                                                                                
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Maxima has no end of life condition                                             
                                                                                
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Debug it, Trace it, Maxima has no end of life condition                         
                                                                                
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VI VI VI will never die!  [X2]                                                  
                                                                                
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Emacs will never die!                                                           
[Outro]                                                                         
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Linux, its a free software tradition                                            
                                                                                
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GNUs not Unix,                                                                  
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its a, its a, its a                                                             
                                                                                
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free software tradition