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Well since this is the New Year, I figured I'd put out an update.

We are milestones ahead of where we were this time last year. For one
thing, I've gotten off my lazy butt and got to work! As of this moment
13 chapters are in a finished state[0]. 1 chapter is in reasonably
complete state[1]. One chapter is listed as being in progress[2]. Only
4 chapters have not yet been begun and 1 chapter is on permanent hold.

So what's all this mean? Well, the reasonably complete chapter and the
in progress chapter are entirely new additions to the Good Book from
the ground up. Chapter 14 deals with security and chapter 17 is an
introduction to emacs. These have long been needed. Unfortunately the
chapter on permanent hold is the chapter for printers and other
peripherals. That's a big task and one I am not about to tackle alone
(at least not any time soon).

Chapters 6, 15, 18, and 19 (X, Archive Files, Package Management, and
ZipSlack) haven't yet been begun. I'm going to concentrate first on
archive files and package management before looking at X. Honestly I am
not the greatest guy to write the X chapter so anyone willing to step
forward and put their money where their mouth is, I'm waiting for ya.

So what's been added in the past year? Let's do a break-down.

================================================== ======================

Chapter 2 - Non-official online help has been added, such as google and
their linux specific searches.

Chapter 3 - Massive rework. Dependencies updated, removal of floppy
install method, fixed software series, all new setup walkthrough.

Chapter 4 - Fixed system layout, fixed up runlevel scripts, fixed
kernel 2.4 compile instructions, added mention of the differences in
2.6 compiling including turning verbosity on if something breaks.

Chapter 5 - Re-worked to discuss numerous changes including
rc.inet1.conf and rc.netdevice, more indepth discussion of dhcp,
default gateway configuration, /etc/resolv.conf, new wireless support
discussed (thanks largely to Keith Keller), samba added to dicussion of
network file systems and file sharing

Chapter 7 - Updated to mention lack of 1024 cylinder requirement,
deprecated old NT4 hack to dual-boot linux, recommended installing LILO
to MBR to boot everything.

Chapter 8 - Added discussion of [ ] to wildcard matching, added mention
of screen in virtual terminals section

Chapter 9 - Changed syntax for chown both user and group to ":" away
from "." for portability in OS's, better discussion of ways to change
permissions including alpha and octal bits and why it's good to know
both.

Chpater 10- Categorized commands, added discussion of the most pager

Chapter 11- Added discussion of useful options to top.

Chapter 12- Nothing really. What more can you say about adduser?

Chapter 13- Categorized in the fashion of chapter 10, added discussion
of dig "the meanest dog in the pound", warned of dangers of telnet and
showed what it's good for, added discussion of ssh and why it's a good
thing, replaced mail with nail, added links and wget, added wall

Chapter 14- All new.

Chapter 16- Greatly enhanced discussion of vi including additional
commands like split.

Chpater 17 - All new.

================================================== ======================

So what's in store for the new year? Well, I intend to begin work on
archive files and package management in January. Unless some brave soul
embarks on a quest to do chapter 6, that will wait until those two are
done, then I'll tackle it. ZipSlack will likely be my last chapter. If
no one steps forward to do printers and peripherals, it will be
dropped. Maybe we'll finish this damn book this year?[3] :^)

[0] This means they are fit for edification, not necessarily without
cosmetic flaws.
[1] This means I've got something up that I think is good enough to
finsih with, but I need some comments and help, or it'll just get moved
to complete status with no further work as time goes on. These chapters
may not be as up to snuff as completed chapters.
[2] This means that I've got _smoething_ up there, but I'm no where
near satisfied with it.
[3] Let's not get ahead of ourselves!

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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Will this ever become the 'official' book, or will Pat rewrite it? Since
some things are becoming a little outdated...

+Alan Hicks+ wrote on Sunday 02 January 2005 07:20:
> Well since this is the New Year, I figured I'd put out an update.
>
[snip a bit]
> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5

IMHO, it would be great to add just a line to your posting:

http://the_site_where_this_great_work_can_be_found.org

(perhaps, together with a link to this_book.tar.gz similar
to what is done by TLDP).
Just for newcomers :-)

Happy New Slack Year and thanks for your really useful work!

Regards,
Mikhail

On 2005-01-02, +Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote:
>
> Chapter 5 - Re-worked to discuss numerous changes including
> rc.inet1.conf and rc.netdevice, more indepth discussion of dhcp,
> default gateway configuration, /etc/resolv.conf, new wireless support
> discussed (thanks largely to Keith Keller), samba added to dicussion of
> network file systems and file sharing

Ah, a nice ego stroke! As I mentioned on the slackbook mailing list
(http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/ma...nfo/slackbook), while I
checked my write-up of wireless configuration against a Slackware 10
box, I do not actually have a machine with both Slackware and wireless;
all actual testing was done on a CRUX-PPC box. So, if you can at least
verify that what I wrote actually works, it'd be a big boost, and if you
can improve on it so much the better.

> Chapter 12- Nothing really. What more can you say about adduser?

"Never delete /etc/shadow."

I doubt there's much to change in chapter 12, but if you spot something
before I do, please email me so I can update it.

--keith

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(try just my userid to email me)
AOLSFAQ=http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/cgi-bin/fom

Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> writes:

> Ah, a nice ego stroke! As I mentioned on the slackbook mailing list
> (http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/ma...nfo/slackbook), while I
> checked my write-up of wireless configuration against a Slackware 10
> box, I do not actually have a machine with both Slackware and wireless;
> all actual testing was done on a CRUX-PPC box. So, if you can at least
> verify that what I wrote actually works, it'd be a big boost, and if you
> can improve on it so much the better.

It looks good! But could someone (Alan?) place a link to the section on
wireless networking in the table of contents for chapter 5?

At present the link at the end of chapter5-tcpip.html claims to take you
to the section on NFS, but it actually leads to the wireless stuff!

Really good to see the chapter on emacs too :-)


A happy new year to all

atb

Glyn
--
RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html
GAFC http://slackbook.lizella.net/
STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...inux.slackware
JFGI http://jfgi.us/

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Glyn Millington dared to utter,
> place a link to the section on
> wireless networking in the table of contents for chapter 5?

Thanks for the heads-up; will do.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Apeitheo dared to utter,
> Will this ever become the 'official' book, or will Pat rewrite it? Since
> some things are becoming a little outdated...

Pat has expressed wishes to do something like that when the book is
complete. He's currently low on the old edition and wishes to print and
bind a book 2.0 for sale in the future based on this.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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+Alan Hicks+ wrote:

> Pat has expressed wishes to do something like that when the book is
> complete. He's currently low on the old edition and wishes to print and
> bind a book 2.0 for sale in the future based on this.
>

Not to rain on a parade, but since the book is a collection of works by
different authors have you had them sign an agreement that their works are
part of the public domain or they give you rights to use/sell/donate their
works? If not, than they would own the copyright to their own "stuff." You,
of course own the copyright to your stuff. I'm not sure who actually owns the
copyright to the book as a whole.... probably ALL the contributors if there
is no prior agreement.

I bring this up because there might be royalty issues on whatever sales Pat
makes from the book.... depending on what rights you and your group of
authors give him.

I've been in the publishing biz for a long time... and I know some of this...
but I'm not an expert on pub-law.

I don't think you will have any problem getting the contributors to sign-off
on donating their work, and I urge you do this. You never know. One of the
contributors might get divorced (or die) and the spouse/estate might come
after you or Pat for a piece of change. It's happened before with college
texts where a bunch of professors create a compendium.

Lots of good pub-legal stuff at http://www.ivanhoffman.com/

Disclaimer: Ivan is a friend of mine, known him for many years, and I would
trust his judgment. But he is NOT my attorney, never has been, and I have no
other "dealings" with him beyond mere friendship.

Al C.

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 08:04:18 +0300,
Mikhail Zotov <e-boogie@yandex> wrote:
>
[link to slackbook project]

<http://slackbook.lizella.net>

:-)


--
Mark Hill

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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> trolled:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Apeitheo dared to utter,
>> Will this ever become the 'official' book, or will Pat rewrite it? Since
>> some things are becoming a little outdated...
>
> Pat has expressed wishes to do something like that when the book is
> complete. He's currently low on the old edition and wishes to print and
> bind a book 2.0 for sale in the future based on this.

Not likely.

cordially, even to hillbillys,

rm

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