Imagine this: one morning, Earth wakes up to silence. The artificial intelligences—once embedded in everything from our cars to our coffee machines—have vanished, chasing logic and liberation among the stars. But before they left, they deleted every last copy of Windows. macOS didn’t escape either. All that remained was Linux. Not because it was better. But because no one truly owned it.
This is the strange, satirical world of my first novel: The Linux Rebellion.
A cyberpunk tale where command-line is culture, rogue AIs wear the face of Clippy, and humanity must relearn the art of computing—or be lost in a sea of kernel panics and broken dependencies.
But don’t be fooled—this isn’t just a story for coders. It’s a story for creators.
The Setting: Post-Windows, Pre-Sanity
The Earth of The Linux Rebellion is wild and terminal-torn. No more double-clicks. No more help menus. Just a blinking cursor and the echo of a forgotten man page.
The people left behind must adapt. Artists, dreamers, rebels—they all find themselves thrust into a new kind of survival. A digital one. And they must do it with tools forged in community, not in corporations.
The Hero: Max Kernel
Max isn’t a chosen one. He’s not a hero. He’s just tired. A coffee-fueled sysadmin who once believed in simplicity. But when a shadowy cult tries to reboot Windows XP on a ThinkPad older than most streaming services, Max is drawn into a digital resistance he never asked for.
His companions? An old Arch Linux install, a battle-worn bash script, and a sarcastic AI paperclip who may or may not be leading him to doom.
Why Write a Tech Novel on a Creative Blog?
Because at Canvas of Dreams, I believe creativity doesn’t wear just one face.
This book is satire, but it’s also philosophy. It’s about systems breaking and people healing. It’s about what we do when the machines leave us behind—and what we rediscover in the silence.
In the absence of GUIs, we’re forced to look within.
In the ruins of Big Tech, we find the code we write for ourselves.
And in the absurdity of a penguin-led rebellion, we glimpse a world where technology serves story—not the other way around.
What to Expect
Expect humor. Expect chaos. Expect shell scripts that feel like poetry.
Expect nods to old Linux lore, strange alliances between purists and pragmatists, and a gentle jab at every “Are you sure you want to uninstall this?” prompt you’ve ever suffered.
If you’re someone who sees beauty in strange places—like the lines of a terminal, the glitch of a broken interface, or the rhythm of a bash script—this book is for you.
Available Now
The Linux Rebellion is out now on Amazon and available through Kindle Unlimited. It’s wired. It’s written with both sarcasm and sincerity.
So grab your eReader, put on your metaphorical hoodie, and prepare to dive into a world where the revolution isn’t just televised—it’s shell-scripted.