Daily Archives: January 22, 2018

Linux for Beginners: An Introduction to the Linux Operating System and Command Lineby Jason Cannon

If you want to learn how to use Linux, but don’t know where to start read on.

Knowing where to start when learning a new skill can be a challenge, especially when the topic seems so vast. There can be so much information available that you can’t even decide where to start. Or worse, you start down the path of learning and quickly discover too many concepts, commands, and nuances that aren’t explained. This kind of experience is frustrating and leaves you with more questions than answers.

Linux for Beginners doesn’t make any assumptions about your background or knowledge of Linux. You need no prior knowledge to benefit from this book. You will be guided step by step using a logical and systematic approach. As new concepts, commands, or jargon are encountered they are explained in plain language, making it easy for anyone to understand.

Here is what you will learn by reading Linux for Beginners:

• How to get access to a Linux server if you don’t already.
• What a Linux distribution is and which one to choose.
• What software is needed to connect to Linux from Mac and Windows computers. Screenshots included.
• What SSH is and how to use it, including creating and using SSH keys.
• The file system layout of Linux systems and where to find programs, configurations, and documentation.
• The basic Linux commands you’ll use most often.
• Creating, renaming, moving, and deleting directories.
• Listing, reading, creating, editing, copying, and deleting files.
• Exactly how permissions work and how to decipher the most cryptic Linux permissions with ease.
• How to use the nano, vi, and emacs editors.
• Two methods to search for files and directories.
• How to compare the contents of files.
• What pipes are, why they are useful, and how to use them.
• How to compress files to save space and make transferring data easy.
• How and why to redirect input and output from applications.
• How to customize your shell prompt.
• How to be efficient at the command line by using aliases, tab completion, and your shell history.
• How to schedule and automate jobs using cron.
• How to switch users and run processes as others.
• Where to go for even more in-depth coverage on each topic.

The Lion Treesby Owen Thomas

"THE LION TREES" — WINNER OF THE KINDLE BOOK AWARD!
What if survival required you to unlearn who you are? How far would you fall to save yourself? Sometimes happiness is a long way down.The Johns family is unraveling. Hollis, a retired Ohio banker, isolates himself in esoteric hobbies and a dangerous flirtation with a colleague's daughter. Susan, his wife of forty years, risks everything for a second chance at who she might have been. David, their eldest, thrashes to stay afloat as his teaching career capsizes in a storm of accusations over a missing student and the legacy of Christopher Columbus. While Tilly, the black sheep, trades her literary promise for an improbable career as a starlet, and then struggles to define herself amidst a humiliating scandal and the judgment of an uncompromising writer.
By turns comical, suspenseful and poignant, the Johns family is tumbling toward the discovery that sometimes you have to let go of your identity to find out who you are.

Due Diligence (Jenny Parker Book 1)by D J Harrison

It’s a dirty business where dirty money is concerned.

Jenny Parker is a young mum making ends meet with a firm of accountants in Manchester. She is a smart cookie and is rewarded an unexpected £20,000 ‘thank you’ from a client for smoothing the way on a due diligence assignment to clinch a deal. At the same time Jenny’s lover Martin, a partner at the accountancy practice, goes missing. When he turns up dead, Jenny thinks that keeping her secret and hiding her grief are her biggest problems. Just how naive can some people be?

Deception, bribery and violence suddenly send Jenny’s life whirling sickeningly out of control. She quickly finds herself on the wrong side of the law. She suffers grossly when sentenced to serve time. Self-preservation inside only earns her more black marks on her record.

Facing the loss of her home, her child, and her career, will Jenny be able to get herself back on track? Or is she set on a fatal collision course with the shadowy forces behind Martin’s death? Will her new security guard friends be able to flex enough muscle to protect her?

It’s a dirty business where dirty money is concerned. Dirty dealings in the boardroom and chicanery in the world of motorsports provide an intriguing background to this fast-paced and ingenious thriller.

Due Diligence is a high-octane race for survival in the company of a spirited young woman who discovers hidden reserves of talent when the going gets tough.

Protectorby T.D. Moon

Meet Daria Rosewood – Protector of Astaria, a powerful magic user trained to battle the forces of darkness.

When a woman disappears into Seattle’s underworld, Daria and Dr. Drake Jones must find her. But when things go to hell, Daria must dig deep in order to pull through.

Good thing she’s one tough Protector.

Trained to battle vampires, necromancers, werewolves and more, Daria is thrilled to finally receive her first mission. It’s time to prove to herself that she can uphold her family’s legacy and the proud tradition of the Protectors.

Expecting a simple investigation, Daria and Drake get a whole lot more than they bargained for. She quickly finds her skills, magic and mental fortitude stretched to their limits.

When the going gets tough, a harsh new reality becomes apparent – service often demands a steep price.

Read Protector today to experience the thrilling adventure!

This story includes half-orcs, vampires, halflings, elves, and more.

The Loneliest Alphaby T. A. Grey

One look will change their lives forever

Lingerie designer Alicia Clarkson just had to open her stupid mouth. After defending a fellow pack mate, Alicia’s been blindfolded, tied up, and carted off to the scarred cowboy alpha of the Oregon pack–Gavin MacKellen. However, the blindfold doesn’t come off as Gavin reveals he’s searching for a mate and he wants to keep his face hidden. Just what happened to the mysterious alpha? He talks to her from shadowy corners and behind closed doors, but when they’re near an explosive magnetism draws them together. Alicia and Gavin settle on an agreement–thirty days for them to get to know each other. But Gavin knows no good woman would ever want to look at his face after the incident he suffered. One look at Alicia sends all his plans out the window. The woman’s beauty has stunned him speechless. Will she be the one to stand in the face of a monster and accept him for what he is?

The MacKellen Alphas series is a suspenseful erotic thriller that will keep you reading late into the night. With rich environments and captivating characters, The Loneliest Alpha will draw you in and never let you go. With nearly a million books downloaded, it’s easy to see why T. A. Grey’s romances are books to get lost in.

Buy The Loneliest Alpha to watch “a cowboy beast” get tamed by “beauty.” .”

Hot Stuffby Weston Parker

I've never had a problem with getting my hands dirty. I prefer it.

Hard work. Long days. Watching my crew create something beautiful from nothing – that's what I was all about.

A blue-collar construction worker who happens to own the business too.

And things were going great. Life was about my little girl and my business. Until my best friend's father died.

The funeral was a place of reunion, coming home, and warmth through remembrance until she walked in. My Best Friend's little sister.

Time stood still.

How in the world had Lauren grown into the cold, hard-ass, beautiful woman that stood before me? Where was the small town girl I thought she would turn out to be?

I'd convinced myself that all I wanted was to be a good father to my little girl, but something else resurrected inside of me seeing Lauren again.

I wanted to be a good husband too.

Every Good Girl Deserves a Bad Boy. ~ Weston

Worth the Riskby Weston Parker

Research is my passion.
And after my time in the city, I need the wilderness to settle my nerves.

But Park Ranger Caleb Hunt has something else in mind.
Settling my nerves is definitely not on his to-do list.

Tall, handsome and cocky as hell. He's everything I've ever wanted.
In my world.
In my bed.

But something in his past is holding him back.
One second he's hot as the surface of the sun.
The next, he's cold as the ice on a mountaintop.

I want to tame his heart, but he's wild as the wilderness he ranges.
But I'm willing to take a chance.
I just hope like hell he's worth the risk.

Every Good Girl Deserves a Bad Boy. ~Weston Parker