I bought K&R 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 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
> > linux books
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 whe
"Robert P. J. Day" 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 this command,"
that's my kind of reading.
JF
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Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] survey: how do you see the value of linux books
these days?
From: "Robert P. J. Day"
Date: Wed
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 it
