kwm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I got a new O'Reilly catalog in the mail today. One
Coincidentally, so did I. It didn't accompany a copy of TCL/TK Tools,
did it? (^:
> thing I just noticed (due to an email conversation
> with Michael Stutz about documenting Linux apps) is
> that there are no books for any Linux apps. Oh sure,
> there are books for Sendmail, Perl, Apache, TCP/IP,
> DNS/BIND, PGP, and other freeware programs that
> might be found on any Free Unix... in fact, the Linux
> page lists four books: Running Linux, Linux Multimedia
> Guide, Linux in a Nutshell, and Linux Network Admin-
> istrator's Guide.
Well, actually, I can't think of a single app that is truly Linux
specific (correct me if I'm wrong). That's one of the appeals of
Linux, it's free and standard and pretty much everything will compile
under it. It actually says a lot that there are four Linux books...
did you notice how many other OS/Flavor specific books O'Reilly
publishes? I only saw a nutshell book for SCO, a Be book, and a
handful of icky windoze books (obligatory for any major computer book
publisher these days, even O'Reilly, alas).
Of course, that's not to say that the world can't use yet another
O'Reilly book (chances are if they published a GIMP book tomorrow --
or even a Cooking with Linux book -- I'd buy it), but general topics
might be of more use. The Linux Artist's Handbook, perhaps? That's
really what the list should be about, I think.
Feel free to tell me where to go if you think I'm full of it, of
course. (^:
doubt
--
Douglas Triggs -- Sysadmin, Toolsmith, and Certified Crazy Person
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] http://www.lensflare.com/~doubt
