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The eBook version of The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins on sale for $7

David Both November 21, 2018
  The eBook version of my book is currently on sale for $7.00 at Apress from now...
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David Both October 31, 2018
My book The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins is now available in hardcopy (softcover) at Amazon. Please note...
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David Both October 30, 2018
My book The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins is now available in hardcopy (softcover) at Amazon. Please note...
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Meet the author(s) at ATO

David Both October 16, 2018
On Monday, October 22, from 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM, my publisher, Apress, will hold a “meet the authors” session...
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My Ohio LinuxFest presentation

David Both October 12, 2018
I am scheduled to present my talk, “Be the Lazy SysAdmin,” at the Ohio LinuxFest Saturday, October...
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Yet another book contract

David Both September 23, 2018
I have just signed with Apress for third book about Linux. With two books now in the...
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New book in the works

David Both September 10, 2018
This morning I signed a contract to write another book for Apress. This book will also be...
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Your computer isn’t broken – it just needs Linux

David Both September 1, 2018
Longevity – an interesting word. I use it here to help clarify some of the statements that...
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Linux turns 27 today

David Both August 25, 2018
Linux is 27 years old today. Happy birthday Linux and thank you Linus Torvalds for giving us a...
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Speaking at Ohio LinuxFest

David Both August 20, 2018
I will be speaking at Ohio LinuxFest this year which runs October 12-13 in Columbus, Ohio. My talk...
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Hardcopy of “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” now available

David Both August 15, 2018
The author’s hard copies of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, showed up on my front porch...
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“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” is now available in electronic formats

David Both August 6, 2018
My book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, is now available for purchase in epub formats on line at Apress...
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Looking ahead

David Both August 6, 2018
Now that I have finished the final proofs for The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, I am looking...
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Final book proofs finished

David Both July 27, 2018
Today I finished a second round of proofs for my book. There were just a few things...
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Site problem solved

David Both July 20, 2018
Due to some apparent data corruption in the MySQL database that stores the page and post content...
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Working on book proofs

David Both July 16, 2018
The Apress production team has sent me the link to the on-line proofing site for my book....
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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.

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