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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tom wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> .... >> Linux Format is a good resource for book reviews, they usually review 2 >> or 3 books at least every month, not necessarily covering distros, but >> maybe other subjects too such as administration, programming etc. The >> thing is, they say if the books are much cop or not, and if you're >> spending maybe £30 on a book it's good know if it is of any use (judging >> by some of the reviews, some of these books at £30 to £40 a pop aren't >> worth the paper they are printed on). >> >> Rob > I think its worth remembering that most books are out of date long > before they hit the shelves. > All you should need is something to tell you how to get online and then > point you in the direction of the online stuff - of which there isn't a > huge amount for some distributions - if I was in charge of something > like Ubuntu I'd be paying a few people to get the on-line documentation > up to scratch! > Tom te tom te tom > > I agree here, however perhaps what they need to do for 9.10 or even 10.04 is concentrate on fixing software that is not quite right, and also writing excellent documentation to go with it. Perhaps also have it in some sort of editiable online format, such as wiki text, so people can go in and make corrections / updates etc. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Meetings 1st Saturday of the month - Shoreline, Paignton from 3pm Software freedom day 2009 - Saturday 19th September 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpnEScACgkQaggq1k2FJq3NWACeKrYmRZeWnT9n/TbMEHSGriRP SP8AnAlAGtZIgvFtOBL0boaWv8RwcRFJ =w2ag -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html