From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 10 19:28:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA02952 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:28:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA02879 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:27:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00546; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:18:28 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA19467; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:18:28 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980111121828.19551@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:18:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Andreas Klemm Cc: Jamie Bowden , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Book Request References: <19980109090450.36060@lemis.com> <199801091323.IAA07236@gatekeeper.itribe.net> <19980110151144.28859@klemm.gtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <19980110151144.28859@klemm.gtn.com>; from Andreas Klemm on Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 03:11:44PM +0100 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 03:11:44PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 08:25:03AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: >> >> Maybe if they had done more then just print out and bind the man pages, >> more copies would have sold. > > Certainly. Something like the Linux howtos for BSD would have been > a major plus. But there isn't something compareable ... A lot of this Linux stuff could form a basis for a corresponding FreeBSD howto. Sure, it would still be GNU licence, but I can live with that. > Luckily Gregs book is coming soon ;-) BTW, how's the status ? Real Soon Now. I'll ask tomorrow. Greg