a general question for the masses -- what value do you see in
linux books these days?
as a regular editor/proofreader/technical reviewer for a couple
prominent computer book publishers, i'm occasionally asked to
review a *proposal* for a new book, to judge whether it fills
a niche, whether
I personnally purchase several books, actually eBooks, on different
subjects, like Android, Raspberry Pi, etc, etc from different
publishers. I like the fact that their text is a flow of information
which is perhaps longer than a single article and that much of the info
on a given subject is in a
Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote:
a general question for the masses -- what value do you see in
linux books...
I've been a consumer of such sys admin fare and other dead tree computer
related media. I find the value in these is seldom the set this configuration
parameter and type
On 13/12/11, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
totally off-topic, but i suspect some folks here might have
advice -- i want to order some stuff from the US wherein they
don't ship to canada, but i can get it shipped to any convenient
border drop depot or whatever, and drive down, pick it up, and
pay
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.cawrote:
what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're
talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price,
i'm fine driving down and back. :-)
rday
ah. wait a minute. you will be hammered
Quoting Stephen Gregory oc...@kernelpanic.ca:
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day
rpj...@crashcourse.cawrote:
what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're
talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price,
i'm fine driving down and back. :-)
On 13-12-11 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're
talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price,
i'm fine driving down and back. :-)
LCBO will do Custom Orders.
--
Charles MacDonald Stittsville
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 06:49:17AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a general question for the masses -- what value do you see in
linux books these days?
I'll assume you mean Linux and common userland, and not the kernel
itself.
if people on this list still buy books, how do you judge
I bought KR to pay my dues, similarly the C++ book.
I just look things up on the net now.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Alex Pilon a...@alexpilon.ca wrote:
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 06:49:17AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a general question for the masses -- what value do you see in
