“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.”
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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
[9] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672312484/conmanlaborat-20
[10] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556151179/conmanlaborat-20