Linux turns 27 today
Linux is 27 years old today. Happy birthday Linux and thank you Linus Torvalds for giving us a real operating system to use on our computers....
Speaking at Ohio LinuxFest
I will be speaking at Ohio LinuxFest this year which runs October 12-13 in Columbus, Ohio. My talk is titled, "Be the Lazy SysAdmin," in which...
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...
“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.
Looking ahead
Now that I have finished the final proofs for The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, I am looking ahead to what might be next. Although I...
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...
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...
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...
Real SysAdmins don’t sudo – Book excerpt
I was just reading a very interesting article that contained some good information about a Linux feature that I want to learn about.
The reason I found this article so cringe-worthy is that it prefaced every command with the sudo command. The issue I have with this is that the article is allegedly for SysAdmins and real SysAdmins don’t use sudo in front of every command they issue. This is a gross misuse of the sudo command and I have written about this type of misuse in my book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins.”
Book availability dates revised
The availability dates for my book, "The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins," has been revised. Both the hardcopy (paperback) and the ebook versions are now scheduled...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
Book thoughts
As I started working on my book this morning, I looked at the total word count for the chapters I have already completed and the...
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...