The Debian Administrator's Handbook, Debian Buster from Discovery to Mastery

With Redhat/CentOS becoming strange and untrustworthy, we are moving our systems to Ubuntu, a derivative of Debian. This detailed book has been very helpful. It doesn't cover everything (Linux is far too big for that), but it does cover the most important things, compactly and well. Surprisingly readable for a book (probably) translated from French. Two pages describe an open source program I supported for more than a decade; the authors wrote a good description. The book is print-on-demand, so future upgrades should be quick.I also purchased an additional (English language) copy for a colleague in Guatemala City. He looked at the Spanish language edition online, and said it was a poor translation, probably from the English rather than the French. His copy was delivered (DHL) to his home office surprisingly quickly. International shipping and customs almost doubles the price, while Guatemala programmer salaries are less than 20% of US salaries. He says it is still worth it, even at that high relative price.Since this handbook is also online, it might be tempting to download and laser-print it; but paper and toner isn't free, and time is costly. Some of the purchase price goes to the authors, paying for their past work and future improvements. So buy the book, and festoon it with sticky notes.

Dieses Handbuch und der Kofler - damit ist man bestens ausgestattet!