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“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” is now available in electronic formats

David Both
August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

My book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, is now available for purchase in epub formats on line at Apress and Amazon. The print version is coming soon.

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