Actual real book!

[juliet]

The Book (Linux System Administration Recipes) is out! I have also received my author copies, which I am not entirely sure what to do with. But they are shiny, and one of them now lives on the shelf.

(Apparently it is not quite out yet in the UK.)

eta: & thank you to sbp for awesome tech reviewer work on it!

Comments

[pauamma]

Looks interesting. (I don't remember seeing any book from that publisher, and the cover color scheme doesn't ring any bell.)

(Out of curiosity: does it have a "This is the equivalent file/directory/command/admin command/admin task" *BSD-Linux phrasebook section? That's the main hurdle I find when trying to figure out how to do something I can do without thinking on FreeBSD, or how to install a new version of application foo using the package manager (And which one should/can I use? What are the pros/cons of each?), and it (and lack of time) kept me from getting into Linux beyond the "advanced commandline user" stage so far.)

[juliet]

I think I'd heard of them before I started writing the book, but not so often. They do seem to publish quite a lot of stuff!

I'm afraid there's no *BSD-Linux phrasebook - I'm not terribly familiar with *BSD myself (kind of the opposite problem from you!).

FWIW, package managers pretty much go along with distributions; I use Debian or Ubuntu (which use dpkg or aptitude which is the semi-graphical frontend to dpkg) in part because I prefer their packaging system, which does intelligent things like picking up dependencies for you. RPMs (Redhat et al) don't do this; or didn't last time I looked, anyway.

[pauamma]

*nod* The FreeBSD package manager (for precompiled stuff) and port manager (for compile-from-source) both deal with dependencies. (And too bad about the phrasebook. I can see a need for it, but I doubt it could fill up a book. Maybe a short run of articles? *tempt* *tempt*)

[zorkian]

Oh, I have a few apress (APRESS?) titles about the house. They're definitely known, at least in the US, for technical books.

Congrats on the book being published! I'll be picking up a copy via Amazon. :)

[juliet]

Thank you! Awesome, hope it's useful :)

[juliet]

That's actually a pretty cool idea! I've added it to my ideas list & will see if I can pitch it to someone :) thanks!

[pauamma]

If they bite, let me know? I'm afraid I'm hopeless at most of what goes into for-money article writing, but I should (hopefully) be able to help with the *BSD (FreeBSD, at least) side of things.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's excellent. You must be really proud! Well done.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Man, I need to fill in their form and get paid.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

PS your HREF is slightly borked.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

No opening <, I think ...

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[applause]

Nice one, lass!

[djm4]

Cool. Have totally put in a pre-order at Amazon.

[juliet]

SEE ME DEMONSTRATE THE L33T TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR WHICH THEY ARE PAYING ME!

ta, fixed now :)

Also, I assume that you get a free copy too? Otherwise you should have one of mine!

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

OOOOOHHH!!! Well done :D

[juliet]

Thank you! I am a bit baffled by the whole thing tbh, in that it seems most bizarre that all that to-ing and fro-ing with .doc files[0] & PDFs actually coalesced into a genuine physical object.

[0] Yes, I know. Believe me, I know.

[juliet]

Thank you!

[juliet]

Awesome! Hopefully you will find it interesting & helpful & so on.

[juliet]

Thank you!

[steer.livejournal.com]

Heh... pretty incredible... I know also that suddenly seeing a publishers proof looking all posh and well typeset can be quite a moment -- plus your name in lights (well type) on the cover. Very impressive.

[Still, on the other hand, perl? Ugh! sed and awk for me and python if it is more complex than that.]

[djm4]

I fully expect to (and, unlike certain people, know that Perl is the true choice of the sysadmin hacker). ;-)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! I shall be buying this as soon as it hits the shops.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Awesome! You are 1x PUBLISHED AUTHOR :)

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they asked for my address, so I'll get a copy or two. Which is good, cos some of that stuff looked actually useful! :-)

Roll up, guys, buy a copy of the book!

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Meh, sh/bash is the One True Way. Until you happen to have a complex enough script that perl is a logical choice.