* * * * *
                                        
              “Here's a nickel kid. Get yourself a real computer”
                                        
“Here you go, kid,” said Dad, as he handed me a book with a bright yellow
jacket. “I heard this ‘Linux’ is the next up-and-coming thing in computers.”

I look at the title: _Linux for Dummies: Quick Reference_ [1]. “Um … thank
you. You do realize I run Linux both at home, and at work, right?”

“Hey, maybe you can learn something from it.”

* * * * *

So I'm skimming through the book and … elm (ELectronic Mail) [2]? pine (Pine
Is Not ELM) [3]? rsh (Remote SHell) [4]? FVWM (F Virtual Window Manager) [5]?
When was this book written? … Oh … 2000. That explains it. Everybody these
days are running mutt [6], ssh (Secure SHell) [7] and GNOME [8].

It'll fit nicely on the shelf next to _Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24
Hours_ [9] and _Inside OS/2_ [10].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764507605/conmanlaborat-20
[2] http://www.instinct.org/elm/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_(email_client)
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Shell
[5] http://www.fvwm.org/
[6] http://www.mutt.org/
[7] https://www.ssh.com/ssh/
[8] https://www.gnome.org/
[9] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672312484/conmanlaborat-20
[10] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556151179/conmanlaborat-20

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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