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Translating the Debian Administrator’s Handbook

May 31, 2012 By

Just like any other good free documentation, the Debian Administrator’s Handbook deserves to be widely translated. And in truth, we had the chance to have several offers to help with translation even before the book was available…

Last week, I have written some instructions for translators. You can find README.translators and README.git in the Git repository.

So if you’re interested to help translate the book to your native language, read those files and join the dedicated mailing list (debian-handbook-translators@lists.alioth.debian.org). You can either join a pre-existing translation team or start a new one.

Right now (2012-05-31), the following translations have already started:

We also contacted persons who (at some point) volunteered to help for the following translations:

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • German
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Turkish

Do you like challenges? For any translation that reaches 100%, we will try to organize a print version of the book as well.

Looking forward to talk with you on the mailing list. :-)

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The Debian Administrator’s Handbook is available

May 10, 2012 By

Cover of the Debian Administrator's HandbookWe’re pleased to announce that — after 5 months of work — the Debian Administrator’s Handbook is now available, both as a beautiful 495-page paperback and as an ebook (PDF, EPUB, MOBI formats).

The paperback’s usual price is €44.90, but we decided to make a special deal for the launch. You can get it with a 10% discount until May 18th. Hurry up and get it from Lulu.com.

Download the ebookThe ebook is available for immediate download on the book’s website. There’s the PDF file corresponding to the printed book but also an EPUB version suitable for smartphones and ebook readers. You can also find a Mobipocket version for Kindle and other ebook readers that do not support EPUB (the open standard).

And of course, you can read it online.

Since the book is released under a set of free licenses (GPL-2+ / CC-BY-SA 3.0), it’s already available in Debian Unstable, just apt-get install debian-handbook. There’s also a git repository (git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-handbook/debian-handbook.git) if you want to contribute.

We hope that you will enjoy the book and we’re eagerly awaiting your feedback (but don’t expect quick replies, I’m going to take a much needed one-week vacation).

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