When I was working on my Trackerbox database this week, I discovered that my book THE LINUX COMMAND LINE BEGINNER’S GUIDE has now sold over 20,000 copies.
I’m really pleased about that. I spent a long time in IT, and my main motivation for writing this book was to make something that would be helpful to people just starting out on using Linux. The book has gotten some criticism for being too basic, but that was a deliberate decision on my part. Think about it mathematically – there are far more people who know nothing about Linux and need something to help them start out than there are advanced Linux users who, say, need to set up a Postfix server or a NAS appliance or something.
I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people about that book over the last six years saying how it helped them. Here are some of my favorites:
-A high school teacher emailed to say that due to an unexpected staff absence, he had to teach a class on Linux with about a week to prepare. THE LINUX COMMAND LINE BEGINNER’S GUIDE helped him stay a few weeks ahead of his students during the semester. 
Published on July 21, 2018 07:05