Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD" (5150)
Alle 23:18, venerdì 24 febbraio 2006, Bill Schoolcraft ha scritto: > Greg, > > I want to thank you for you help in making FreeBSD what it is today. ... I want to thank Greg too for his great book. As an experienced linux user after reading it I was able to move safely and -above all- in a "logical & organized" way from linux to freebsd 5.3. Any other way (asking the mailing lists, e.g.) would have been fragmented, tiring, boring, slippery, etc. I meanyou can effectively ask the mailing lists once you know about the basic and skeleton of FreeBSD. Thanks Vittorio ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD" (5150)
Another note of thanks for The Complete FreeBSD. I first bought the third edition published by Walnut Creek CDROM. In fact, it's sitting on my desk now. It's the book that kept me at FreeBSD when I was most frustrated. I'm still relatively new at this, but I love learning all I can about the OS of all OSes ^_^ Regards, James --- Begin Message --- Bill Schoolcraft wrote: Greg, I want to thank you for you help in making FreeBSD what it is today. I first met Greg on a fluke and a weird one that that too. While working in techsupport at Linuxcare, and the only one to my knowledge doing so running FreeBSD, I was sitting there one day and this fellow comes in, scans the room and makes a bee-line to my work area. I at the time was the only techsupport with my personal library of Unix/Linux tech books. Having just left the Machinist Union for the 'dot-com' I was alway one for self help. This guy, with the scraggly beard reaches over me, grabs the first FreeBSD book written by Greg Lehey and opens it. At that time in San Francisco we were having alot of homeless people getting into the office building and sometimes wandering the halls on drugs, drunk or whatever. When I asked him "Hey..., can I help you?" He said, "I wrote this book!" At that time I was sure he was "5150" (the penal code for being nuts) and I was about to get up and escort him out when one of my co-workers, knowing my background as an ex-steelworker at the San Francisco waterfront "quickly" jumped in and introduced "Greg Lehey" to me, I then realized it was not a joke, Greg was not a homeless person, and I've felt honored ever since to have been a co-worker of his, briefly sharing the same domain name in our work's email address. A few weeks later Richard Stallman came through the office... I had the exact same inkling this time but jumped up pre-emptively and again my co-worker came to the rescue. I could write a book of the stuff that I've experienced, maybe call it "From the Shipyards to Silicon Valley" or something The one thing I've learned (besides FreeBSD kicks ass) is that in this industry you can NEVER, EVER judge a book by it's cover! Fine story; and demonstrates a point: something to the effect of, "Free software is *real* software, made for use by people, *real* people, by people, *real* people, who at least have the courage to care about **something** and want to make the world a better place with the skills they have." So, kudos to Grog for this move, and for his advocacy, authorship, coding, community participation ... and whatever else; I'm sure there's been lots of stuff (and also that you can probably read about lots of it in his diary). And to the rest of the hackers. It's said that "you can't get something for nothing", but, in the case of FreeBSD, we've almost proved that the saying isn't true - at least for those willing to not judge an OS by its "cover" Kevin Kinsey -- I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today. -- Will Rogers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" --- End Message --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I > submitted for publication > > the final version of the first ever book on > FreeBSD, "Installing and > > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The > Complete FreeBSD". > > > > I have always retained full rights to the book, > and for today I've > > decided to release it for download under the > Creative Commons > > license. See more at > http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > > > Greg > > -- > > Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. > > See complete headers for address and phone > numbers. > > > Of course, the only thing I can do is to follow the > community by sending you a > big thank! Well, the only thing I could regret now > is having bought it one > month ago and not started to read it... :) > > Hope it is as great as people say! :) > > Sincerly, thank you very much. > > -- > Ivan As Ivan said, thank you. I've been working with Freebsd for only a short time (8 years or so), and I'm still learning more with every cvsup (When I see files go flying by I sometimes wonder what this or that widget does and hit the man pages). Again thanks. ~Mr. Anderson __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD" (5150)
Bill Schoolcraft wrote: Greg, I want to thank you for you help in making FreeBSD what it is today. I first met Greg on a fluke and a weird one that that too. While working in techsupport at Linuxcare, and the only one to my knowledge doing so running FreeBSD, I was sitting there one day and this fellow comes in, scans the room and makes a bee-line to my work area. I at the time was the only techsupport with my personal library of Unix/Linux tech books. Having just left the Machinist Union for the 'dot-com' I was alway one for self help. This guy, with the scraggly beard reaches over me, grabs the first FreeBSD book written by Greg Lehey and opens it. At that time in San Francisco we were having alot of homeless people getting into the office building and sometimes wandering the halls on drugs, drunk or whatever. When I asked him "Hey..., can I help you?" He said, "I wrote this book!" At that time I was sure he was "5150" (the penal code for being nuts) and I was about to get up and escort him out when one of my co-workers, knowing my background as an ex-steelworker at the San Francisco waterfront "quickly" jumped in and introduced "Greg Lehey" to me, I then realized it was not a joke, Greg was not a homeless person, and I've felt honored ever since to have been a co-worker of his, briefly sharing the same domain name in our work's email address. A few weeks later Richard Stallman came through the office... I had the exact same inkling this time but jumped up pre-emptively and again my co-worker came to the rescue. I could write a book of the stuff that I've experienced, maybe call it "From the Shipyards to Silicon Valley" or something The one thing I've learned (besides FreeBSD kicks ass) is that in this industry you can NEVER, EVER judge a book by it's cover! Fine story; and demonstrates a point: something to the effect of, "Free software is *real* software, made for use by people, *real* people, by people, *real* people, who at least have the courage to care about **something** and want to make the world a better place with the skills they have." So, kudos to Grog for this move, and for his advocacy, authorship, coding, community participation ... and whatever else; I'm sure there's been lots of stuff (and also that you can probably read about lots of it in his diary). And to the rest of the hackers. It's said that "you can't get something for nothing", but, in the case of FreeBSD, we've almost proved that the saying isn't true - at least for those willing to not judge an OS by its "cover" Kevin Kinsey -- I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today. -- Will Rogers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Greg > -- > Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Of course, the only thing I can do is to follow the community by sending you a big thank! Well, the only thing I could regret now is having bought it one month ago and not started to read it... :) Hope it is as great as people say! :) Sincerly, thank you very much. -- Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On 2006-02-25 11:51, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday, 24 February 2006 at 14:10:59 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> On 2006-02-24 16:50, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project >>> comment? >> >> Yes. I would very much like to see this published online at least as >> part of our "publish.html" page. >> >> Greg, >> >> if I have your approval, the following patch is the least I can to thank >> you for all the work you've put into the book all these years, and for >> releasing it now: > > You, too, are welcome :-) > >> --- publish.sgml 4 Oct 2005 21:58:59 - 1.66 >> +++ publish.sgml 24 Feb 2006 12:07:48 - >> @@ -188,13 +188,21 @@ >> >> http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp";>> SRC="gifs/bsdcomp-4.2.gif" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="220" alt="book >> cover"> >> >> -The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. >> +The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. > > Well, the current version is the 4th edition, and it covers FreeBSD > 5.0. It also doesn't have CDs. I think we may have to add a new entry to the book list then. I'll look into getting this done. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Friday, 24 February 2006 at 14:10:59 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-02-24 16:50, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote: >>> I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using >>> FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that >>> you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could >>> find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook >>> or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily >>> find :). >> >> That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project >> comment? > > Yes. I would very much like to see this published online at least as > part of our "publish.html" page. > > Greg, > > if I have your approval, the following patch is the least I can to thank > you for all the work you've put into the book all these years, and for > releasing it now: You, too, are welcome :-) > --- publish.sgml 4 Oct 2005 21:58:59 - 1.66 > +++ publish.sgml 24 Feb 2006 12:07:48 - > @@ -188,13 +188,21 @@ > > http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp";> SRC="gifs/bsdcomp-4.2.gif" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="220" alt="book cover"> > > - The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. > + The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. Well, the current version is the 4th edition, and it covers FreeBSD 5.0. It also doesn't have CDs. > Everything you ever wanted to know about how to get > your computer up and running FreeBSD. Includes 4 CDs > - containing the FreeBSD operating system! > + containing the FreeBSD operating system! Again, no CDs. > - Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9 > - > + Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9 Released May 2003, ISBN 0-596-00516-4. You should probably mention that the publisher is now O'Reilly, and maybe link to http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cfreebsd/desc.html. > + On 24 February 2006, at the 10th anniversary of the > + publication of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > + Using FreeBSD", Greg Lehey has released the full text and > + sources of "The Complete FreeBSD" under the Creative Commons > + license. The book text & sources are available at: > + > + href="http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/";>http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ > + Yup, that's fine. Since there are different versions, maybe you can also point out that this is the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license (yes, they ask for all that verbiage :-) Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpQBN4GAZOPj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD" (5150)
Greg, I want to thank you for you help in making FreeBSD what it is today. I first met Greg on a fluke and a weird one that that too. While working in techsupport at Linuxcare, and the only one to my knowledge doing so running FreeBSD, I was sitting there one day and this fellow comes in, scans the room and makes a bee-line to my work area. I at the time was the only techsupport with my personal library of Unix/Linux tech books. Having just left the Machinist Union for the 'dot-com' I was alway one for self help. This guy, with the scraggly beard reaches over me, grabs the first FreeBSD book written by Greg Lehey and opens it. At that time in San Francisco we were having alot of homeless people getting into the office building and sometimes wandering the halls on drugs, drunk or whatever. When I asked him "Hey..., can I help you?" He said, "I wrote this book!" At that time I was sure he was "5150" (the penal code for being nuts) and I was about to get up and escort him out when one of my co-workers, knowing my background as an ex-steelworker at the San Francisco waterfront "quickly" jumped in and introduced "Greg Lehey" to me, I then realized it was not a joke, Greg was not a homeless person, and I've felt honored ever since to have been a co-worker of his, briefly sharing the same domain name in our work's email address. A few weeks later Richard Stallman came through the office... I had the exact same inkling this time but jumped up pre-emptively and again my co-worker came to the rescue. I could write a book of the stuff that I've experienced, maybe call it "From the Shipyards to Silicon Valley" or something The one thing I've learned (besides FreeBSD kicks ass) is that in this industry you can NEVER, EVER judge a book by it's cover! -- Bill Schoolcraft <> http://wiliweld.com "If your life was full of nothing but sunshine, you would just be a desert." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Greg 'groggy' Lehey thusly... > > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. Hi Greg, I started w/ FreeBSD 3.4. Along with the 4+ CD set, i also bought your book (1st or 2d ed.). That book helped me in my first few years, mainly w/ slicing, booting, custom kernel compiling, and possibly installing software from ports. Later, when using 4.x at some point, i referred to it when i was trying to load kernel or set the root partition to boot from (don't remember exactly). I would recommend your book to someone who would be starting afresh w/ FreeBSD. (Then again, i have not read other recent books on FreeBSD.) Thanks for your contribution. - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 16:50 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote: > > On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > >> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > >> Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > >> > >> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > >> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > >> license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > > > Greg, > > > > All I can think to say is thanks! > > You (and everybody else) are welcome. > > > I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using > > FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that > > you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could > > find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook > > That's happened already, as you can easily see by comparing > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html > with chapter 12 of the book. The FreeBSD documentation project know > they can rely on me to contribute documentation where it makes sense. > > > or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily > > find :). > > That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project > comment? > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Here is one more vote of thanks for a very generous contribution to the community! My copy is getting quite dog-eared too, and it will be great to have a machine-readable version. -- Mike Jeays http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
>Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication >the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and >Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". >I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've >decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons >license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. >Greg Despite using FreeBSD off and on for quite a while, I always end up clueless about something. Between the mailings lists and that book I usually can figure out what to do. Thanks. Rob. -- --- http://www.roblytle.org Rob Lytle Home Page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Friday 24 February 2006 01:00, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. I was introduced to FreeBSD by a friend. He spent quite a bit of time in email and on AIM helping me and I spent a *lot* of time hunting down WWW pages and references. I'm still learning. But, I can say with "Complete" confidence that the one resource which helped me the most was my purchase of The Complete FreeBSD, 4th Edition. It's still a very useful reference now and beginning to look a bit dog-eared after being thumbed through so many times ;-) You're contributions to the community are obviously greatly appreciated by many more than just me as evidenced by the other replies already in this thread. This is probably the ultimate icing on the cake with regard to online FreeBSD documentation. Thanks not only for a great book but for now making it available to the whole community. -- Dave ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On 2006-02-24 16:50, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote: >> On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication >>> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and >>> Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". >>> >>> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've >>> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons >>> license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. >> >> Greg, >> >> All I can think to say is thanks! > > You (and everybody else) are welcome. > >> I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using >> FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that >> you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could >> find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook > > That's happened already, as you can easily see by comparing > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html > with chapter 12 of the book. The FreeBSD documentation project know > they can rely on me to contribute documentation where it makes sense. > >> or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily >> find :). > > That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project > comment? Yes. I would very much like to see this published online at least as part of our "publish.html" page. Greg, if I have your approval, the following patch is the least I can to thank you for all the work you've put into the book all these years, and for releasing it now: %%% Index: publish.sgml === RCS file: /home/ncvs/www/en/publish.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -r1.66 publish.sgml --- publish.sgml4 Oct 2005 21:58:59 - 1.66 +++ publish.sgml24 Feb 2006 12:07:48 - @@ -188,13 +188,21 @@ http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp";> - The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. + The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2. Everything you ever wanted to know about how to get your computer up and running FreeBSD. Includes 4 CDs - containing the FreeBSD operating system! + containing the FreeBSD operating system! - Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9 - + Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9 + + On 24 February 2006, at the 10th anniversary of the + publication of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and + Using FreeBSD", Greg Lehey has released the full text and + sources of "The Complete FreeBSD" under the Creative Commons + license. The book text & sources are available at: + + http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/";>http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ + %%% ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On 2/23/06, Tillman Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:30:27AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Thank you Greg, I appreciate your gift to the community. > > I have a copy of the 4th Edition (O'Reilly Community Press version) on > the O'Reilly shelf in my computer room and it's proven valuable many > times. I wish the 10th anniversary edition well and that that the > community shares back :-) > Ditto! I too own a 4th edition print, It's in the server room along with a copy of UNIX Power Tools, BSD Hacks, Absolute BSD, The camel books, and a few others I can't remember I try to buy every major BSD book, even if it's just to help support the community. Thanks for all the hard work you've done to build and support the community and thanks for open sourcing the book, karma bonus points for you! -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote: > On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication >> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and >> Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". >> >> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've >> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons >> license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Greg, > > All I can think to say is thanks! You (and everybody else) are welcome. > I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using > FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that > you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could > find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook That's happened already, as you can easily see by comparing http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html with chapter 12 of the book. The FreeBSD documentation project know they can rely on me to contribute documentation where it makes sense. > or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily > find :). That's probably a good idea. Can somebody from the doc project comment? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpGyHwipm19M.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:30:27 +1030 Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Greg You sir are a real gentleman. If you are ever on The Big Island of Hawai`i, the beer is on me. Mahalo Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
Greg, All I can think to say is thanks! I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily find :). Thanks again! -David On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Greg > -- > Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. > > Greg > -- > Greg, thanks a lot for all the time and effort invested in the book and FreeBSD overall :) And thanks also for publishing the book under a CC license - more of us should do this A LOT more often :) Best regards, Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:30:27AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. Thank you Greg, I appreciate your gift to the community. I have a copy of the 4th Edition (O'Reilly Community Press version) on the O'Reilly shelf in my computer room and it's proven valuable many times. I wish the 10th anniversary edition well and that that the community shares back :-) -T -- "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." -- Louis L'Amour ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 11:30 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication > the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and > Using FreeBSD". It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD". > Dude.. (or Sir) nice Beard!! My "Minister of Finance" never lets me keep it that long! > I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've > decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons > license. See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/. So, it's a work in progress? Marking the changes to FreeBSD since 10 years ago? Thanks for the book anyway. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
