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I too was a little disappointed in the book for my purposes but figured it was for a good cause. I was really wanting something a little more advanced but I read it anyway and found it more helpful than it looked at first. Now I want to see the Advanced Definitive Guide. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil G. Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] MDK Book - rant ;( - and FYI On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:36:51 -0500, stefmit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They removed the sections on servers, networking, and security too. By definition that makes it less-than-definitive, doesn't? ;-) Nevertheless I've found it useful. Phil > To Whom It May Concern > > In a "dual" attempt to both obtain what I thought of being advertised as > a good reference book for MDK specifics, and to support the MDK > developers (as I do by buying their packages) - I have ordered and > recently received the MDK "Definitive Manual". Do NOT think of spending > $39 (!!) + $11 S&H on this! The quality of the book is horrible (it > started falling apart after a few pages flipped), the whole book is > totally unprofessionally made, and the content is for retarded DOS users: > a "definitive manual" missing fundamental things such as urpm* (CLI) > usage (not even for beginning stuff, let alone more advanced features) > makes the worse book purchase I have ever made (and I buy a lot of books) > . > > Hopefully one day someone will write something worth O'Reilly publishing, > as an MDK-specific reference book. Until then - long live the printouts > from the web pages or from MDK email list archives, as "handy" > references. Do not waste one penny on "The Definitive Manual" ... > > Stef > > -- Using Mandrake Linux 9.1 www.mandrakesoft.com
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