"ian sison (mailing list)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PLUGers! > > NBS will be coming out next year with an Open Source Shelf, which will > feature, books, and media (read: Distro CDs), of popular open source > topics. I'm now encouraging everyone to suggest their favorite book > title, so that the selections on the shelf may be * timely and > relevant *. As for the distros to be sold, we're planning to provide > the top three freely downloadable distros: Fedora, Mandrake, and > Debian. And a special double CD for those wanting to try open source: > Knoppix and the OpenCD.
Just read on /., Games-Knoppix: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/04/12/24/222232.shtml?tid=106&tid=10 For those who have a gaming rig and want to try out FOSS, this might be for you :D > There will be three tracks: Developer, Administration, and Desktop. > I'm going to start this off. Those of you who would like to suggest, > make sure you post a URL as well (to amazon, o'reilly, or any online > store which carries it) so that they can source the book details > easier. > > Here's an initial list: > > Desktop: > ... > Programming: > > Perl CD Bookshelf > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlcdbs4/ The UNIX Programming Environment http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/013937681X/ - Yeah, it may not be *very* timely, but the core ideas presented here are as still relevant as it was first exposed 2 decades ago. I was looking for this in every bookstore I set foot on last 18th (which explains my absence in the Xmas Party ;), but too bad, there ain't any. I did get `The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition' by K&R at NBS-Greenbelt, though, got it even if it was P294... Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201433079/ - 2005 update. Hasn't been released yet, as Amazon says above. Again, not strictly Open Source, but as all the popular free operating systems are based on Unix, there's still a lot of lessons to be learned from this old hand. C Traps and Pitfalls http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201179288/ - I wish I have this! Perhaps when I get back to Manila by next year I'll be seeing this... Learning the vi Editor (6th Edition) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565924266/ - This, from an Emacs user! Manoj Srivastava would probably kill me for this. But that aside, one shouldn't be controlled by strong emotions motivated by religious frenzy; when I was still in Ateneo and I didn't have a PC, except those workstations at the Lib, this book was all I had, borrowing it while trying to get a shell account. Now that I got one, and Emacs is my poison, I still remember the good old times when vi on brained.org fascinated me... The Pragmatic Programmer - From Journeyman to Master http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/020161622X/ - Excellent text for programming Padawans and apprentices (oh no, I'm showing swkotor addiction again!) GNU Documentation in Print and Software available on CDs http://www.gnupress.org/gnupresspub.html - The page above has a list of books the GNU project currently has in print, as well as CD collections of GNU software and source code. This would be very nice to see in the Open Source Bookshelf. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201799405/ - Must read. The Art of UNIX Programming http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131429019/ - ESR's well-known treatise. Excellent read, especially on the history of Unix and the rise of Open Source. That's all I could think of, for now, but it would be really nice if there are more books on various programming languages, styles and practices at accessible prices (read: less than 500 pesos), and more book/CD packages, so even those who haven't had a hand yet at Open Source can take a hands-on approach. I'll suggest more as I surf on... Oh yeah, before I forget: Happy Holidays, and a Joyful New Year! -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Registered Linux User #327585 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian Gnus/Emacs testing/unstable. GPG signed mail preferred.
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