Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@triantares Hah! I ran into the same issue when writing this book! I ended up settling on "best_of_hack_and_slash" for the directory name.

If you have questions about my new book, bought it and wants to send me feedback, or if you are a tech book reviewer and want to see about a review copy, please email me at bohs@kylerank.in.

@itsjustdj@tech.lgbt Thank you so much!

@neil Thank you!

(apologies to The Primitives)

Here I go, way too fast
Wrote The Best of Hack and /
It's about Open Source
It's a Linux Admin Crash Course

So click, click that link
And let me know just what you think
I had enough past tips for you
Enough to fill a whole book through

So what type of book (there's three)?
Hardcover's the best to me,
The paperback is not bad too,
The ebook isn't paper bound
With glue

https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kyle_rankin

#writing #publishing #SelfPublishing #linux

The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course is published!

This book doesn't aim to be an exhaustive guide to everything you need to know to be a system administrator. Instead, this book allows me to act as a remote mentor to someone starting out in IT or system administration whether as a full-time job or as a full stack developer.

It's available in premium hardcover, paperback, and ebook forms here:
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kyle_rankin

#writing #SelfPublishing #linux #publishing

@francois Thank you!

@maddler I'm very likely to launch it tomorrow and will post links where you can buy it on Lulu. I just want to go over the print proofs one final time and look for any formatting errors.

@Bloomfer Yes, I'm using Lulu as the imprint and they ship globally.

@neil Not yet, but hopefully tomorrow once I approve everything and it's live! It will be print-on-demand so no need to pre-order, just order and it'll ship.

@Bloomfer Instead, this book allows me to act as a remote mentor to someone starting out in IT or system administration whether as a full-time job or as a full stack developer. Think of each section in a chapter like sitting down with me over lunch or looking over my shoulder as I show you a tip to save you time, a tool I've found useful, a lesson I learned the hard way, or an explanation of how I'd tackle a project you got assigned. 3/3

@Bloomfer After we published my final farewell article for Linux Journal, one of the most common questions I got was "what's going to happen to the giant archive of articles?" I realized I had a whole book's worth of material just in sysadmin tips alone.

This book doesn't aim to be an exhaustive guide to everything you need to know to be a system administrator. 2/3

@Bloomfer Back cover copy:

I wrote a monthly column titled "Hack and /" for Linux Journal magazine for almost 12 years starting in their January 2008 issue until Linux Journal closed for good on August 7, 2019. The column aimed to provide useful tips and tricks on topics ranging from system administration to security to 3D printing to VIM. 1/3

Look what just showed up in the mail! My (hopefuly final) page proofs for the standard and premium hardcover versions of my new book The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course!

At first scan things look good. I will give everything a final, careful look, and if all looks good, I could go live as soon as tomorrow! If you can't tell by the overuse of exclamation points, I'm excited!

#writing #publishing #SelfPublishing #linux #linuxjournal

@goatwildernesscollective @jlcrawf Thank you, that means a lot.

@jlcrawf That is very kind of you to say.

After five years of helping to build hardware and software that protects people's privacy, security and freedom, at the end of the month I will no longer be at Purism (I'll still be helping out as an advisor).

For the near term, I plan to spend my time promoting my new book (coming very soon), writing yet another book, and thinking about what's next for my career.

If you have any suggestions for what I should do next, email me at next@kylerank.in (DMs are disabled on this instance).

@Triffen I am not sure about all boosts but even clients like Tootle that don't have a full range of features still let you hide boosts from individual accounts.

@danyork Among the younger generation I'm starting to see a rejection of plastic-coated and petroleum-based fibers as part of their rejection of fast fashion (based on the environmental and ethical issues behind it).

I suspect you might see a return to ironing with a subset of that generation, especially those who choose to invest in more durable, longer-lasting, less-disposable clothing made from natural fibers.