Virtual beer

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virtual beer

Usage: n.

virtual beer: n.

Praise or thanks. Used universally in the Linux community. Originally this term signified cash, after a famous incident in which some Britishers who wanted to buy Linus a beer sent him money to Finland to do so.

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Source: virtual beer, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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