Quintus@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-226 days ago"In The Beginning Was The Command Line" An essay by Neal Stephenson that talks about proprietary operating systems and FOSS operating systems. Written in 1999.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down12
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minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-226 days agoWhich of his amazing books is the “single good book” you’re referring to?
minus-squarefysihcyst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoAnathem came to mind for me. Each reply naming a different book is pretty funny.
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoWhich is kinda silly anyway, and I love Snow Crash, but it wasn’t even close to his most interesting book.
minus-squaredwemthy@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoSpeaker for the Dead is my guess
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·25 days agoThat’s the sequel to Ender’s Game. It is good, but it is Orson Scott Card.
Which of his amazing books is the “single good book” you’re referring to?
Anathem came to mind for me. Each reply naming a different book is pretty funny.
Probably Snow Crash
Which is kinda silly anyway, and I love Snow Crash, but it wasn’t even close to his most interesting book.
Maybe SeveNeveS
Speaker for the Dead is my guess
That’s the sequel to Ender’s Game. It is good, but it is Orson Scott Card.