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Priming Kanban

Priming Kanban

“Priming Kanban: A 10 step guide to optimizing flow in your software delivery system” by Jesper Boeg is available as a free pdf download from InfoQ.

The Debian Administrator’s Handbook

The Debian Administrator's Handbook

“The Debian Administrator’s Handbook”, written by two Debian developers — Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas, this book teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to become an effective and independent Debian GNU/Linux administrator.

128 O’Reilly Media Books Free to Read or Download Legally

127 O'Reilly Media Books Free to Read or Download Legally

Here’s a list of 128 books published or “in-progress” by O’Reilly Media which are free to read online or download legally. All of these books are hosted on websites that belong to the authors or O’Reilly Media. Please note that books listed here are free at the time of posting and each of them has it’s own terms, conditions and licenses.

jQuery Succinctly

jQuery Succinctly

“jQuery Succinctly” is a 101 page free ebook from Syncfusion Inc. It was written by Cody Lindley who is the author of “jQuery Cookbook”. It expresses, in short-order, the concepts essential to intermediate and advanced jQuery development.

Programming Grails

Programming Grails

“Programming Grails”, by Burt Beckwith, is still under development. You can read the completed chapters online for free from O’Reilly Media’s Open Feedback Publishing System. Grails is an open source web application framework which uses the Groovy programming language.

Object-oriented Programming in C# for C and Java programmers

Object-oriented Programming in C# for C and Java programmers

“Object-oriented Programming in C# for C and Java programmers”, written by Kurt Nørmark, is a complete textbook available online or as a pdf download. It also includes slides.

The Theory of Relational Databases

The Theory of Relational Databases

David Maier’s “The Theory of Relational Databases” is available for free from his website. You can download each chapter in pdf format. This comprehensive book assembles concepts and results in relational databases theory previously scattered through journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical memoranda in one convenient source.

A Foundation in Digital Communication

A Foundation in Digital Communication

“A Foundation in Digital Communication”, written by Amos Lapidoth, is a systematic and insightful book, with over 300 exercises, is ideal for graduate courses in digital communication, and for anyone asking ‘why’ and not just ‘how’.

Free as in Freedom (2.0)

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This is “Free as in Freedom 2.0: Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution”, a revision of Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software. It’s available in pdf format from Free Software Foundation.

Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, 2nd Edition

Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, 2nd Edition

The second edition of “Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman” is available as a pdf download from Free Software Foundation.