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The source is with me Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

firetrace450: Well went to check on the cache. It seems the cache has been muggled. I searched the area for any signs of the cache and found non. I am archiving the cache, I will do a another oss themed cache for the oss junkies out there, But not in the park where this cache is was located.

[This entry was edited by kc8awc on Monday, April 10, 2006 at 4:43:04 PM.]

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Hidden : 4/27/2004
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The waypoint is for parking near the cache. The actual cache location can be found by answering the questions below.

**This is an Open Source Themed Cache No Pirated Software**

Open Source Software allows the user the freedom to run, to study how the programs works, to adapt it or modify it, to redistribute, and to improve the program. There are some good websites out there about open source: www.gnu.org ,www.opensource.org and sourceforge.netThere are many open source projects out there. They range from simple video games to operating systems for Super Computers. Your Mission is to find an open source project download it, try it out, and burn it to a CD-Rom. Then read this article: History of Linux to get the answer to the questions below. The Author of the article has given his permission.

 
1) Who invented Minix? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( last Name)
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2) What city was the hacker in, that Bill Gates bought DOS from? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2
3) What Linus Torvalds invent? _ _ _ _ _ 4
4) What does GNU stand for? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5
5) What Technology enabled large number of machines running linux to be combined
into a single computing entity? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0
6) What is Linux's mascot? _ _ _ 7
7) Who wrote this article? _ _ _ _ _ (First Name) 8
8) What Country's User Group inspired this article? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6
Cache Location: N 40º BU.UUR W 08Sº OD.GNU

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***** AGAIN NO PIRATED SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE ONLY****

Initial Cache contents:
Minicd 1 copy
Gentoo 1 copy
Gis-Knoppix 1 Copy
Knoppix for kids 3 copies
Knoppix 3 copies
Freeesbie (Bsd Distro) 2 copies
Gentoo (for mac's) 1 copy
Gentoox (for xbox) 1 copy
Penguin Sleuth 1 Copy
Zonecd 1 copy
Dino-Stux 1 copy
Stux 2 copies
Open source for windows (misc project) 2 copies

Most of the software copies are a linux livecd which run from a bootable cd-rom drive.There are numbers on the cds. They are 1 thru 3. One being the easiest to use. Three requires special knowledge or to be familar with linux or Unix.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va n ubyybj ybt

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)