I received an email the other day from a self-acclaimed apprentice. Rather than trying to comment or analyse Ben’s learnings to date, I’ll leave Ben to speak for himself and you to make up your own minds…
Greetings! And thank you for a most entertaining and informative site.
I am rambling towards a serious point. Children’s computing and affordable online security using Linux. A grandchild called Gabriel features, with his ‘new’ sixth birthday ruggedised laptop. More of this later on.
I cannot claim the title of sourcerer - one day, maybe.
But even apprentices can get lucky, especially if they persevere. This apprentice is an old Unix enthusiast from 1981, constrained to use MS in the name of conformity by employers and clients alike. Retired now!
I even paid good money for the Mark Williams Company’s “Coherent” clone of UNIX, way back when. Excellent, great fun, but it... read more