Richard Petersen

Currently the Publisher for Surfing Turtle Press, 2005 - present. Specialize in Linux, C, and Unix books designed to provide current and complete information to users for the latest Linux releases. Includes books on Ubuntu and Linux Mint such as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop: Applications and Administration", Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server: Administration and Reference", and "Linux Mint 21: Desktops and Administration".

www.surfingturtlepress.com

Author of books on Linux, Unix, and C books for Osborne/McGraw Hill, Academic Press, and Apress. For Osborne/McGraw Hill wrote books for the Complete Reference series, including "Linux: The Complete Reference" and "Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Linux: The Complete Reference". For Academic Press authored "Introductory C with C++" and "Introductory Command Line Unix for Users". For Apress wrote books on Fedora, including "Beginning Fedora Desktop".

Was an instructor at UC Berkeley Extension, C and Unix programming. Worked with employees from major companies. Focused on preparation for real world tasks. Courses taught: Business Applications for C Programming, Unix workshop, Advanced C Programming.

Teaching assistant, UC Berkeley, School of Information Studies. Have a Masters of Information Studies from UC Berkeley.