Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-16 Thread Max Nikulin
On 14/11/2023 19:52, Махно wrote: > # apt-get install debian-handbook This package contains the English book covering Debian 8 “Jessie” Package description has not been updated. debian-handbook (11.20220922) unstable; urgency=medium [...] [ Raphaël Hertzog ] * Update the book to be

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-14 Thread Махно
> # apt-get install debian-handbook This package contains the English book covering Debian 8 “Jessie” 2023-11-14, an, 01:31 John Hasler rašė: > > Much about Debian *doesn't* change. A book about it with > Bookworm/Trixie as an example and including a discussion of how it does > change could

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-13 Thread John Hasler
Much about Debian *doesn't* change. A book about it with Bookworm/Trixie as an example and including a discussion of how it does change could be quite useful. It could be updated every few years. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-13 Thread songbird
Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All, > > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is > very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux > Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if > anyone would even be

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread gene heskett
On 11/12/23 09:29, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, for example? It is an interesting question to

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread David Christensen
On 11/11/23 22:35, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if anyone would even be

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Aleix Piulachs
I think the books help some commands and software, for me are good to start with El El dom, 12 nov 2023 a las 15:51, Greg Wooledge escribió: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 02:28:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > I do tend to

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Marco Moock wrote: > Am 12.11.2023 um 06:46:42 Uhr schrieb Dan Ritter: > > > sysvinit is still a valid and supported init for Debian. > > But people need to know that it isn't by default and that they need to > replace systemd to use switch to sysvinit if they want. Not installed by default is

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 02:28:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how > > would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, > > for example? I'm not

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:46:46AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > I do tend to rely on the knowledge and expertise here: Greg - how > would you rate the chances of physical copies of your Bash guides, > for example? It is an interesting question to ask for this resource specifically,

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Marco Moock wrote: > Am 12.11.2023 um 12:05:30 Uhr schrieb Roger Price: > > > Are you saying that I should stop relying on my Dr Linux 4th Ed. > > ©1996 ? What's going on here ? Can't trust anything these days. > > If you know what information is still applicable today (like using cd, > ls,

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 06:46:42 Uhr schrieb Dan Ritter: > sysvinit is still a valid and supported init for Debian. But people need to know that it isn't by default and that they need to replace systemd to use switch to sysvinit if they want.

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 01:35:25AM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All, > > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is > very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux > Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 12:05:30 Uhr schrieb Roger Price: > Are you saying that I should stop relying on my Dr Linux 4th Ed. > ©1996 ? What's going on here ? Can't trust anything these days. If you know what information is still applicable today (like using cd, ls, vi etc.) and which isn't (Sysvinit,

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Roger Price
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023, Marco Moock wrote: I don't think book are a good way to teach stuff that changes. A wiki (maybe with paid access, like RedHat does) is much more better than a book that can't be updated and will be mostly useless with the next release because beginner don't know which parts

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/11/23 18:07, Marco Moock wrote: Am 12.11.2023 um 17:56:46 Uhr schrieb Bret Busby: I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux printed texts. But how relevant is it still? Many things changed and especially for beginners those books are useless today because

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 17:56:46 Uhr schrieb Bret Busby: > I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux > printed texts. But how relevant is it still? Many things changed and especially for beginners those books are useless today because they don't know what information is

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Bret Busby
On 12/11/23 14:35, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: All, I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I still have my "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible" and other relevant Linux printed texts. :) I agree with the reference to a wiki instead

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread gene heskett
On 11/12/23 03:38, Marco Moock wrote: Am 12.11.2023 um 01:35:25 Uhr schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread David
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 06:36, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and > there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated > Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing > it I was wondering if

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-12 Thread Marco Moock
Am 12.11.2023 um 01:35:25 Uhr schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: > I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and > there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated > Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing > it I was wondering if

Debian GNU/Linux Books

2023-11-11 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
All, I have been looking for commercial books written about Debian and there is very little selection. I am considering writing an updated Debian GNU/Linux Bible for Bookworm/Trixie. Before I started writing it I was wondering if anyone would even be interested in buying a copy of it? Thanks