The Debian Administrator's Handbook is now available
Posted by raphaelhertzog on May 10, 2012, noon
Thanks to your support the Debian Administrator's Handbook is now freely available on its website.
Get the book at http://debian-handbook.info/get/
I will now shortly proceed with the sending of the paperbacks to those who opted for this reward. If you changed address since the fundraising, please get in touch with me at raphael@freexian.com.
Cheers, Raphaël Hertzog.
Liberation Campaign Continues on Debian-Handbook.info
Posted by raphaelhertzog on Dec. 13, 2011, 11:51 a.m.
The crowfunding campaign on Ulule ended on November 28th. With 673 supporters, we raised 24345 EUR. Of those, 14935 EUR have been put in the liberation fund and the rest corresponds to the various pre-orders and rewards offered.
This means that the translation will happen (we just started) but that the book is currently not going to be released under a free license. Don't despair... As planned, the liberation campaign is carried on until the 25 K€ target is reached!
Instead of being hosted on Ulule, this permanent campaign is on the project website at debian-handbook.info/liberation/. Note that any contribution of 10 EUR or more means that you get a copy of the ebook as soon as it's available (even if the liberation target is not reached).
If you have friends that were late to participate in the Ulule campaign, please point them to this ongoing liberation campaign. Thank you!
Sample Chapter Released
Posted by raphaelhertzog on Nov. 15, 2011, 12:55 a.m.
Hello everybody,
To give you a small preview of the book's content, we released the translation of chapter 6 which introduces the APT family of tools (apt-get, aptitude, etc.).
Click here to download the chapter.
Check it out and share it widely. The more people who discover and appreciate this extract, the more people who are likely to contribute to the liberation of the book. We're only at 40% of the liberation fund, and we have less than 2 weeks until the finish line! Your help is now more important than ever.
Thank you in advance!
Contribute to the liberation without spending more money
Posted by raphaelhertzog on Oct. 31, 2011, 6:50 p.m.
This news is reserved for project supporters. You know what you need to do!
And now towards the liberation!
Posted by raphaelhertzog on Oct. 23, 2011, 9:15 p.m.
Thanks to everybody, we managed to secure the base funding required for the translation to happen. The 15 K€ target has been reached with 380 supporters. This is really an important milestone and we're glad to be there already.
But as initially announced, this is only the first step in this project. We really want to liberate the book and the requirement for this to happen is that the liberation fund reaches 25 K€. Out of the 15 K€ pledged so far, 8771 € have been put in the liberation fund. This means that we're at 35% of this second target, but we're approaching the middle of this crowdfunding campaign! So we're a bit behind in terms of timing.
That's why we really count on you to promote this campaign. As usual, you can share the link to your friends, blog about it, etc. But more than this, you can put some advertisement in your signature on forums, mailing lists, and so on. Here are some ready to use signatures for you:
Liberate The Debian Administrator's Handbook:
http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule/
Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help
liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule/
Help liberate a Debian bestseller: http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule/
If you want, you can replace the link with one of the special links below so that a part of the money raised goes to Debian or Ubuntu. The corresponding links are http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule-debian/ and http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule-ubuntu/
Thank you all!
Contribute, Receive
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For $7 or more
The ebook (PDF/ePub/HTML).
This reward does not contribute to the liberation fund unless you give more than the required amount.
192
For $13 or more
The ebook and the great feeling of having participated to the liberation of the book.
This reward contributes 5 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 10 EUR).
8
For $20 or more
The ebook and a DVD of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze".
This reward does not contribute to the liberation fund unless you give more than the required amount.
35
For $26 or more
The ebook and all further editions in the next 5 years.
This reward does not contribute to the liberation fund unless you give more than the required amount.
86
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The ebook, all further editions in the next 5 years and the great feeling of having participated to the liberation of the book.
This reward contributes 10 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 30 EUR).
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The ebook and you're thanked nominally in the book because you contributed 35 EUR (or more) to the liberation fund.
This reward contributes 35 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 40 EUR).
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The book in paperback and the ebook.
This reward does not contribute to the liberation fund unless you give more than the required amount.
36
For $65 or more
The original paperback published by Eyrolles in French (“Cahier de l'Admin Debian Squeeze”) and the great feeling of having participated to the liberation of the translated book.
This reward will only be shipped to France, you must not select it if you live somewhere else.
This reward contributes 10 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 50 EUR).
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The prospective Debian contributor pack: 1 hour of mentoring with Raphaël Hertzog to help you get started as a Debian contributor, you're thanked nominally in the book, and the great feeling of having participated to the liberation of the book.
The mentoring can happen either by email or on IRC. Raphaël will do his best to answer all your questions. If you're into packaging, he can also review your Debian packages (and maybe sponsor them into Debian if they're good).
This reward contributes 35 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 60 EUR).
Limited reward
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The book in paperback, the ebook and all further editions of the ebook in the next 5 years.
This reward does not contribute to the liberation fund unless you give more than the required amount.
32
For $129 or more
The book in paperback, the ebook, all further editions of the ebook in the next 5 years, you're thanked nominally in the book, and the great feeling of having participated to the liberation of the book.
This reward contributes 35 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 100 EUR).
1 / 10
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The book in paperback, the ebook, all further editions of the ebook in the next 5 years, you're thanked nominally in the book, and you're invited for dinner with one (or both) of the authors during a free software conference that they are attending (DebConf preferrably, but Fosdem, Solutions Linux, and others European conferences might be possible). Travel costs are not included.
This reward contributes 350 EUR to the liberation fund (or more if you give more than 500 EUR).
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