Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?
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From: Stephen Powell on 26 Apr 2010 10:20 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:24:52 -0400 (EDT), martin f krafft wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: >> This is hardly a new book. In fact, it was written in the days of Woody. >> (Woody -> Sarge -> Etch -> Lenny -> Squeeze) > > It was written in the days of the sarge freeze and is entirely > focused on sarge. >> >> And parts of it are obsolete. But the author focuses on the core >> stuff of Unix/Linux, and so most of it is still current. It's an >> excellent guide for how to accomplish common computing tasks in >> Linux, > > Interesting analysis. ;) > > > I /wanted/ to focus on Debian and leave out the "core stuff of > Unix/Linux" and "common computing tasks", because that's documented > elsewhere. > > It is true that in the last 5 years, some parts have been obsoleted, > but I'd say most of it still applies. > > Regardless, there's a need for a new edition. I am working on it. I think there may be some confusion here, Mr. Krafft. The comments I made above were not in reference to anything _you_ wrote. They were in reference to the original edition of "The Linux Cookbook", by Michael Stutz, which was copyrighted in 2001. http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc.html I suggest that you go back and look more closely at my original post. ;-) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/701354956.9070.1272291449420.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Stephen Powell on 26 Apr 2010 11:50 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:26:40 -0400 (EDT), martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> [2010.04.26.1617 +0200]: >> I think there may be some confusion here, Mr. Krafft. The comments >> I made above were not in reference to anything _you_ wrote. They were >> in reference to the original edition of "The Linux Cookbook", by >> Michael Stutz, which was copyrighted in 2001. > > Ha! But you did quote a sentence on my book and then started with > "This". I didn't actually read much further. ;) > > No harm done. I'll try to make my segue more clear next time. Sorry for the confusion. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/519015741.13249.1272296881284.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Lisi on 26 Apr 2010 12:20
On Monday 26 April 2010 16:48:01 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:26:40 -0400 (EDT), martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> [2010.04.26.1617 +0200]: > >> I think there may be some confusion here, Mr. Krafft. The comments > >> I made above were not in reference to anything _you_ wrote. They were > >> in reference to the original edition of "The Linux Cookbook", by > >> Michael Stutz, which was copyrighted in 2001. > > > > Ha! But you did quote a sentence on my book and then started with > > "This". I didn't actually read much further. ;) > > > > No harm done. > > I'll try to make my segue more clear next time. Sorry for the confusion. I misunderstood it too. :-( You said "this" which I took to refer to the book that was under discussion, rather than to refer forwards to the book you were about to recommend. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004261709.43714.lisi.reisz(a)gmail.com |