Introduction

GNU/Linux (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) is a fundamental building block of the Internet. Many of the most visited Internet sites run some flavor of GNU/Linux. Along with GNU/Linux is other free and open source software that is used to build infrastructures for organizations. This book serves as a guide to engineers who want to use free and open source software to build their infrastructure.

There are a lot of very interesting and relevant topics that need to be visited when building an infrastructure. The topics I picked are based on my personal experience and on what I think is most relevant to engineers now and in the future. I dedicated entire chapters to topics that I believe deserve deeper discussion, such as ...

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