In a world where your files live on someone else’s server, your apps are bloated with ads, and your devices constantly ping mega-corporations with your every move, Home Server Revolution arrives like a wake-up call. This isn’t just a Linux tutorial. It’s a digital rebellion manual disguised as a book.
Author John Ito isn’t asking you to follow the rules—he’s handing you the keys to build your own system. One where your data lives under your roof, where your backup scripts are written by you, and where your privacy isn’t for sale.
What Makes This Book Revolutionary?
1. It’s fiercely practical. From physical hardware to virtual machines, this book walks you through real setups step-by-step. Whether you’re installing Ubuntu Server on an old PC or on VirtualBox, configuring Samba shares, or building Python automation tools, you’re doing real things that give you real control.
2. It’s beginner-friendly, but power-user approved. Not only does it explain what to do—it explains why it matters. Topics like static IPs, SSH keys, and rsync automation are broken down with clarity. Even optional advanced sections like Python-powered synchronization are accessible.
3. It’s unapologetically anti-Big Tech. This book is for people who want out. Out of surveillance capitalism. Out of algorithmic manipulation. Out of renting access to their own files. You’ll learn to build a system that respects you, because you built it.
What’s Inside? A Quick Tour of the Table of Contents:
- Privacy Protection & Regaining Control: Learn why self-hosting is the ultimate resistance.
- Skill Building: Go from novice to confident server admin with every chapter.
- Ubuntu Server Installation: On real hardware or VirtualBox.
- Network & IP Configuration: Master static IPs and solve real-world errors.
- Samba Setup: Share files securely across Android, Windows, and Linux.
- SSH & File Transfer: Remote access, encryption, and backups made easy.
- Python & rsync Automation (Optional): Power-user tools that simplify your life.
- App Recommendations: From VLC to WinX DVD Ripper—make your server do more.
This isn’t fluff. It’s everything you need to break away from corporate platforms and own your tech destiny.
Who Is This Book For?
- The Linux-curious looking to break free from Google Drive, iCloud, or Dropbox.
- Android users who want deeper control over their ecosystem.
- Privacy advocates who believe digital freedom starts at home.
- Tinkerers, makers, rebels.
Start Building Your Freedom Today
Home Server Revolution: Build and Take Control with Ubuntu and Samba is now available on Kindle Unlimited. It’s not just a guide—it’s your first tool in taking back what should’ve always been yours: control.
📖 Read it. Build it. Own it.