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This is a link to a github repo that literally just contains a handful of pcaps, likely used as examples in the book.

There's no copy of the book here (it's not a "free" book) or anything else of interest.

This has been on the front page all morning, are people just upvoting it without clicking on the link or what?

Yea this is a GitHub repository that is an advertisement to purchase a book.

Here's the actual URL to the book:

https://www.packtpub.com/product/linux-for-networking-profes...

The submission URL should probably be updated.

Self plug of our Linux of Network Engineers series: https://netbeez.net/blog/category/linux/

this is the better link, no book sale, and on-topic information

Since we're talking about linux and networking: does anybody know an updated book similar (in spirit/approach) to "IPv6 in Practice: A Unixer's Guide to the Next Generation Internet" by Benedikt Stockebrand ?

Not sure what do you want, from the Sys Admin point of view or the IPv6 itself?

For Sys Admin, this book is helpful, "Networking for System Administrators":

https://mwl.io/nonfiction/networking

For IPv6 this Cisco book is one of the best books on the subject, "IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6", 2nd Edition:

https://www.ciscopress.com/store/ipv6-fundamentals-a-straigh...

Thanks, i will look them up!

What's the barrier to entry for publishing a book through Packt?

Very, very, very low. I've never had to ask for refunds until I bought some things from Pakt that were merely repackaged docs from man pages nearly.

Repackaged man pages almost sounds surprisingly high quality for Packt. I've only encountered their content on O'Reilly's learning platform, so I've been lucky enough not to pay for any of it directly, but at this point I've been disappointed enough times that I just don't bother looking at anything they publish.

You can write your name without errors most of the time

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