On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > "David B.Teague" wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Cliff Draper wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for a good intro/intermediate Linux book for a friend. > > > Any recommendations? Is the O'Reilly book any good? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Cliff, > > > > Linux press has a book that does a lot of what you are asking. It > > is written by Dale Scheetz, who is a Debian developer. It comes > > with 4 Debian 2.1 CDs It is much more than just an installation > > book, it deals with issues that anyone using Linux should be > > familiar with. > > > > The best part: you can down load an electronic copy for free, at > > www.linuxpress.com. > > Since the license allows electronic redistribution, it could go > into non-free. I wonder why it hasn't been packaged yet. Dale? > > I'd do it, but it seems silly if the author can but chooses not to. > To be honest, it seemed a bit egotistical to me...
I would be very happy if someone else packaged it. The whole intention of the license was that the information contained in the book would be freely accessible while protecting the publisher's need to make a profit. As I hold the copyright, I was able to control the license to that degree (yes I could have demanded a totally free license if I didn't have any interest in getting paid, but that's a different problem). I expected that someone would eventually either package it or provide in on another site from www.linuxpress.com, but I was always satisfied that I could point folks to the source of the html. These questions are quite timely, as I just recieved my "complimentary" copies of my latest efforts. The book is called "Linux Volume 1: ac to zcat, the basics", and is over 600 pages packed with general Linux information. This volume focuses on Linux commands of interest to the user and the system administrator. Information useful to developers will be found in volume 2, which I am still trying to finish ;-) Neither of these books are Debian specific, although I verified functionality on a Debian system, and should be useful to anyone using, or interested in, Linux. HTH, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-