Do you want to learn Linux without having to read boring technical books or having to Google around endlessly looking for Linux sites and tutorials that actually tell you what you need to learn and why? Hackett and Bankwell, The Linux Comic, is just the thing for you. Starting out at square one, Hackett and Bankwell takes you on a journey into the Linux community, telling you just what you need to know, when you need to know it.
The Linux Comic. Copyright Intarcorp Ltd 2008, used with permission.
Unlike boring black-and-white tech books and shell manual entries, Hackett and Bankwell teaches readers the things they need to know and explains them in a format that is easily understood by the average newcomer to free and open source software. Starting with a history of UNIX and The GNU Project, Hackett and Bankwell hits all the high points of Linux desktop installation and basic operation.
Woody Hackett, one of the principals of Hackett and Bankwell Worldwide, needs to teach the new staff members, Kaori Soto and Calvin Green, all about how to get started with Ubuntu Linux. When he arrives at their offices at Interplanetary Pictures, the staff doesn’t even know what Linux is. Kaori foolishly thinks it’s an operating system designed by and for hooligan hackers! Woody sets her straight and teaches her the truth about Linux-based operating systems–that they’re good alternatives to commercial operating systems that can be used in a wide variety of circumstances.
From embedded devices running embedded Linux distros to mainframe systems and Linux clusters, Linux-based operating systems are flourishing in the marketplace, and Hackett and Bankwell use it to build up their business while reducing their operating costs by eliminating license fees. Woody loves teaching Linux to the people involved in his company all about GNU Linux because he disrespects corporate operating system producers and their corrupt business practices. Woody believes that Linux isn’t just for government organizations and cash-strapped non-profits; he and Jerome are on a mission to relieve the nefarious proprietary operating system producers of their customers and strangleholds by telling the world about Linux-based operating system distributions (distros) like Ubuntu.
Hackett and Bankwell is an educational comic book that teaches readers about Ubuntu, a free and open source operating system that uses the Linux kernel. Get your high-quality, full-color version today and learn how to hack so you can bank!
Hackett and Bankwell makes learning Ubuntu Linux fun and easy by taking you on a trip to Interplanetary Pictures Headquarters where Woody Hackett teaches Kaori Soto, and her associate Calvin Green, how to replace their proprietary and commercial operating systems with Ubuntu, a free software distro that uses the Linux kernel. Using this approach, readers learn important GNU Linux concepts more quickly so that they can get to the meat and potatoes of Linux.
Nobody wants to spin his or her wheels reading through verbose technical documentation that only makes sense once you understand the underlying concepts. For this reason, Intarcorp Ltd has produced the original Linux comic book called “Hackett and Bankwell.” Throughout the series, readers will be introduced to various GUI and shell concepts that will help familiarize them with Linux-based operating systems and get them to a level wherein they can be professionally certified Linux users and administrators. If you are a Windows power user and want to get a job in Linux, you should read Hackett and Bankwell so you can hack and bank.
Another page from “Hackett and Bankwell,” the Linux comic’s first issue. Page 4, copyright 2008, Intarcorp Ltd. Used with permission.
Did you know that Linux-based servers running the Apache web server program power half of all websites on the internet? To get started using the Apache server, it is helpful to know some thing about the system on which it runs. Both RedHat- and Debian-based Linux distros, such as Ubuntu, will run Apache very well. But before you learn too much about servers, you should learn about getting set up using Linux as an operating system.
With Linux-based platforms, meaning platforms built on and around the Linux kernel, you can use your computer as a desktop workstation with a graphical user interface (GUI), and you can also use it as a server. Usually, servers are configured to operate solely from the command line interface (CLI), but this is obviously not a practical way to edit photos with GIMP. As such, Linux developers have been creating graphical tools wherein users can use a mouse and other non-keyboard input devices to interact with their systems.
As more software and hardware tools have become available for Linux-based systems, these software and hardware resources have become more sophisticated. GIMP is an optimal inexpensive substitute for expensive commercial photo editing software. You can use it to do just about anything that you can do with the proprietary commercial image manipulation programs available in the marketplace. GIMP even has its own plugins, and if you learn how to write software for Linux, you can write your own GIMP plugins to do special effects.
Hackett and Bankwell is a great starting point for learning Linux. Unlike other training programs and technical resources, it’s clear and exciting. Black text on white pages with really complex explanations of confusing technical terms can get really boring and impede learning. Hackett and Bankwell helps users learn more quickly and retain concepts more easily because of its hands-on, example-oriented style. Moreover, as Woody Hackett helps Interplanetary Pictures get starting with Ubuntu Linux, he explains to them what the various terms they need to know mean in the context of what they’re doing with their systems and in context of the other terms they’ve already learned. Instead of dumping a truckload of new lingo on them, he walks them through the jargon that will help them learn more instead of confusing them with unrelated terminology and lessons.
Check out Hackett and Bankwell issue 1 to get started using the GUI and install Linux as your primary desktop operating system today!
Learn about Linux and Free software with Hackett and Bankwell; it’s the Linux comic. See how you can use open source software to take your business to the next level.
Are you tired of reading dense and boring technical manuals? Is searching Google for answers to common Linux problems starting to seem like a waste of time given that you don’t understand how a lot of the terms fit together anyway? Do you feel like becoming a Linux sysadmin is simply beyond your reach given the amount of new software being developed each day? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, Hackett and Bankwell is the solution for you.
Written by an actual Linux systems administrator with years of server and desktop experience, Hackett and Bankwell cuts out the fluff and teaches key lessons in a way that makes sense. Ordering information so that readers get introduced to information on an as-needed basis, Hackett and Bankwell, the Linux comic, takes newbie users (n00bs) to greater levels of proficiency by using explanation and illustration. Instead of drowing readers in arcane technical details, Hackett and Bankwell gives you what you need when you read it.
