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Books The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins

Book hardcopy available on Amazon

My book The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins is now available in hardcopy (softcover) at Amazon. Please note that Amazon is fulfilling this via a third...

David Both
October 30, 2018October 30, 2018
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Meet the author(s) at ATO

On Monday, October 22, from 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM, my publisher, Apress, will hold a "meet the authors" session at All Things Open in Raleigh, NC. Several...

David Both
October 16, 2018October 17, 2018
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Yet another book contract

I have just signed with Apress for third book about Linux. With two books now in the pipeline it looks like I will be busy...

David Both
September 23, 2018September 23, 2018
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New book in the works

This morning I signed a contract to write another book for Apress. This book will also be about Linux but it will be different from...

David Both
September 10, 2018
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Books The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins

Hardcopy of “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” now available

The author's hard copies of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, showed up on my front porch yesterday. The hard copy does appear to be...

David Both
August 15, 2018August 15, 2018
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“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” is now available in electronic formats

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.

David Both
August 6, 2018August 6, 2018
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Final book proofs finished

Today I finished a second round of proofs for my book. There were just a few things that needed more correction on the first set...

David Both
July 27, 2018
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Site problem solved

Due to some apparent data corruption in the MySQL database that stores the page and post content for this web site, the static pages were...

David Both
July 20, 2018July 22, 2018
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Working on book proofs

The Apress production team has sent me the link to the on-line proofing site for my book. I started working on these proofs today and...

David Both
July 16, 2018
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Books News The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins

About my Book – “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins”

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins ISBN 978-1-4842-3729-8 Apress Amazon Barnes and Noble Availability dates revised. Expected hardcopy availability, September 21, 2018 Expected ebook availability, September...

David Both
June 2, 2018July 15, 2018
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“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” has been sent to production

My new book, "The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins" has been sent to production. The next step for me is reading the proofs to verify that...

David Both
May 31, 2018
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First draft complete

I have completed the first draft of my book and all of my 26 chapters have been submitted to my publisher. Of those chapters, 24...

David Both
April 29, 2018April 29, 2018
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Book progress

I have been making good progress on my book. I am still ahead of schedule and expect to finish well ahead of the deadline. This project...

David Both
March 23, 2018
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Book status

I continue to make good progress on my book, The Linux Philosophy for System Administrators. I have now completed 15 chapters and technical reviews have...

David Both
February 12, 2018
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Book Deal Signed

I recently signed a contract for a book deal with Apress publishing. My book is tentatively titled, "The Linux Philosophy for System Administrators." My intention...

David Both
December 9, 2017
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Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

David Both ATO Interview

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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