From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 30 11:15:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA25575 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:15:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from aries.bb.cc.wa.us (root@[208.8.136.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA25555 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:14:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (chris@localhost) by aries.bb.cc.wa.us (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA28704; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:11:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:11:49 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Coleman To: Terry Lambert cc: mcgovern@spoon.beta.com, mark@quickweb.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Constructive criticism (was: bashing everyone for fun and profit) In-Reply-To: <199701301654.JAA22125@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > If anyone else is working on a title, or has anything partially started I > > would like to hear form them, so we can get organized and not duplicate > > each other work. > > What is the intent of your book? What specific areas will it cover? > I want to aim my book at the first time FreeBSD Users. I will cover Installation and setup. Basically I want a to cover all the questions that I had when i First got started. I am open to ideas about what else could be included. I have put up a tenative Table of Contents on My Web page. > What kind of existing material are you looking for? If anyone has somthing that they think needs to appear in a book about FreeBSD, I think that is what im looking for. For example, i hear alot about device drivers, I wouldn't be able to write much of a chapter on that, but if someone wanted to contribute. I would be happy to include it. Also, I am going to try and include alot of Warnings and Cautions and Notes to the reader about common mistakes. I know i made alot of them. I am going to work on it as though I was the only one Working on it, but I think this will end up a collective effort. I definately need to keep in touch with the developers to make sure I am correct in my advice to the readers. Basically i Am hoping that there is enough people putting together piece-meal documentation, that it might fill in the areas of the book that my knowledge lacks. Thanks Christopher J. Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us) Computer Support Technician I (509)-766-8873 Big Bend Community College Internet Instructor FreeBSD Book Project: http://www.bb.cc.wa.us/~chris/book.html Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.