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Your Linux Toolbox
The awesome Linux zines you love, now as a fancy box set!
Ever wished you could spy on your computer with a handy incantation or bewitch your programs to debug themselves--now you can by becoming a Linux wizard! Okay, reading these zines won't actually make you a wizard, but you'll sure feel like one after you learn some neat Linux tricks.
With this collected edition of Julia Evans's wildly popular Linux zines, you'll get super awesome repackaged versions of the zines like:
* Networking, ACK! to learn how cat pics teleport from a server to your laptop through the magic of networking
* So You Want to be a Wizard, which teaches you how to become a certified programming wizard
* Linux Comics to explore the nitty gritty of how IPv6, floating point, and CPU scheduling work
* Let's Learn tcpdump! to dump all your network traffic right into your CLI
* Linux debugging tools you'll love, so you can get the scoop on things like opensnoop, netcat, and netstat
* Spying on Your Programs with strace lets you be a secret agent so you can see what programs your computer is (or isn't!) running
* Profiling & Tracing with perf teaches you how much CPU your functions are using
Through Julia's insatiable curiosity for all things technical, you'll view programming in a way you never have before--now on fancier paper!
Ever wished you could spy on your computer with a handy incantation or bewitch your programs to debug themselves--now you can by becoming a Linux wizard! Okay, reading these zines won't actually make you a wizard, but you'll sure feel like one after you learn some neat Linux tricks.
With this collected edition of Julia Evans's wildly popular Linux zines, you'll get super awesome repackaged versions of the zines like:
* Networking, ACK! to learn how cat pics teleport from a server to your laptop through the magic of networking
* So You Want to be a Wizard, which teaches you how to become a certified programming wizard
* Linux Comics to explore the nitty gritty of how IPv6, floating point, and CPU scheduling work
* Let's Learn tcpdump! to dump all your network traffic right into your CLI
* Linux debugging tools you'll love, so you can get the scoop on things like opensnoop, netcat, and netstat
* Spying on Your Programs with strace lets you be a secret agent so you can see what programs your computer is (or isn't!) running
* Profiling & Tracing with perf teaches you how much CPU your functions are using
Through Julia's insatiable curiosity for all things technical, you'll view programming in a way you never have before--now on fancier paper!
84 pages, Paperback
Published August 27, 2019
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January 3, 2020
These zines are fantastic. I'm excited for what Julia Evans will write in the future!
The narrative tone is buoyant, and playfully curious. The outlook on how to approach, debug, and tinker with problems is inspiring, which alone makes reading these worth it, content aside.
Each zine is pretty concise, but not exhaustingly dense. I quite like that there were examples paired with most prose, along with cute drawings. While not a deeply technical reference tome, I don't think that's the point. It technically overviews tools and techniques with a focus on practicality, motivation for why you'd want to learn it, and references for further reading.
The narrative tone is buoyant, and playfully curious. The outlook on how to approach, debug, and tinker with problems is inspiring, which alone makes reading these worth it, content aside.
Each zine is pretty concise, but not exhaustingly dense. I quite like that there were examples paired with most prose, along with cute drawings. While not a deeply technical reference tome, I don't think that's the point. It technically overviews tools and techniques with a focus on practicality, motivation for why you'd want to learn it, and references for further reading.
January 23, 2023
Fascinating approach to explain linux tools. If I ever need one of those tools, reading the ezine is how I would start. Unfortunately, I had no use for any of these tools, so I struggled a bit getting through all seven of them.
November 14, 2019
I have this on my desk at work. My coworker loves them too. So clear and useful!
January 11, 2020
A rich, illustrated book about the multiple Linux utilities. The philosophy of self-study / self-exploration taught by this book is commendable. It encourages the reader to "volunteer for difficult tasks" and find things on own when coming across hard difficult problems. Excellent guidance for any technical person.
August 1, 2023
This is a good book, and it covers some advanced features, even if it's with zines. I would read a book about this in a more traditional way.
Anyway, good to read, but it's full of details that I'm not going to remember.
Anyway, good to read, but it's full of details that I'm not going to remember.
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