Letter #166: B**** x Rich 2
Good morning, Erin. You will never believe the journey I’ve been on since my last letter. I mean, it’s quite boring, as far as journeys go, which I know you will find very easy to believe. But the material of the journey itself should surprise you. I’ve gotten into Linux. Yes, the operating system for computers. Not super-duper deeply, but…enough that I could reasonably be called a burgeoning hobbyist. Which I would never have expected. I will spare you the exact stages of how this happened, but suffice it to say that I got very, very curious about what it is and how it works and the story behind it—and I was particularly interested in how it could be applied. The long and the short of it is (at least, as far as this introduction is concerned)...I brought my mother’s old desktop computer back to life by installing Linux. The damn this was a total lemon FROM THE DAY SHE OPENED THE BOX—and now it runs like new. Total resurrection and overhaul. And all it took was replacing the...