Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@cavaughan Thank you!

@agx Thank you. That's a great point about the sample chapter. I will get one together and update my timeline here when it's ready (shouldn't take too long).

@daniel I am so happy you are pleased, and I really appreciate your saying that. We have all worked so hard on the Librem 5 and it is gratifying to see people get and enjoy theirs.

OK this is neat, a protocol for hosting a website around the globe that distributes traffic based on which server has the most solar energy: http://solarprotocol.net/

@jordanerickson Thank you!

I have officially just used my new book as a reference for the first time. In this case I wanted to confirm the syntax for a flock command and remembered "oh wait, that's in the book!" and found it using the index.

#writing #linux

@apples_and_pears I should be thanking you! I'm pleased you are enjoying it so far.

@apples_and_pears Thanks! And yes, the articles are still currently online as well, but unless you are me and already know that you wrote an article on a topic, what you called it, and the URL for it, it's tricky to find specific articles on topics.

I *still* reference my own articles all the time, and realized by putting the relevant and useful ones together in a book, it would be easier for everyone else to find them.

Wrote for Linux Journal and it was a gas
Every month, published Hack and /
Wrote for a decade only to find
LJ went bust, posts gone behind

Wrote for Linux Journal and it was divine
I wrote down everything on my mind
A lot of great tips that now you can't find
LJ went bust, posts gone behind

In between, I put the best columns in a book of mine
It is now self-published with hardcover spine
Paperback and ebook too, they all are good
I sell them on Lulu

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

@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.