The fourth draft of the book is now available. This version contains almost all the the review feedback received so far and has been edited through the final chapter. This draft does not yet include an index, but is otherwise close to being finished.
The new draft, named TLCL-09.11.pdf, is available here.
Enjoy!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Linux Command Line - Third Draft Now Available
The third draft is now available. This version features reformatted and captioned tables, some of the changes suggested by the review team (more to follow), and a number of small additions. It also includes the edited versions of the first 18 chapters.
If you are working on the review, please switch to this version. The new draft, named TLCL-09.10.pdf, is available here.
Thanks for your help!
If you are working on the review, please switch to this version. The new draft, named TLCL-09.10.pdf, is available here.
Thanks for your help!
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Linux Command Line - Second Draft Now Available
Hi Everyone,
I just posted the second draft of my book. This incorporates items from my "to do" list. It does not yet include any changes from the review team. Reviewers may switch to this version if they wish (just indicate that you are reviewing version 09.08 of the book) but may also continue with the first draft. The changes in this version are not extensive but it should read a little better. A few new items were added, and the table of contents now provides links to the individual chapters making navigation somewhat easier. Enjoy!
The new PDF is named TLCL-09.08.pdf and is available here.
I just posted the second draft of my book. This incorporates items from my "to do" list. It does not yet include any changes from the review team. Reviewers may switch to this version if they wish (just indicate that you are reviewing version 09.08 of the book) but may also continue with the first draft. The changes in this version are not extensive but it should read a little better. A few new items were added, and the table of contents now provides links to the individual chapters making navigation somewhat easier. Enjoy!
The new PDF is named TLCL-09.08.pdf and is available here.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I'm Looking For Reviewers
Sorry about my long absence, but as you will see, I have an excuse:
Hello All,
I have just finished the first draft of a book I'm writing titled, "The Linux Command Line" to be released under a Creative Commons license. With the initial writing completed, it's time for some editing and review. That means I'm looking for folks willing to perform some reviewing. In particular, I need technical reviewers who can gently point out my technical and historical errors, and I need less experienced users who can find areas where my explanations are unclear. Don't worry about grammar and spelling and such, I have a "real" editor for that. At this stage I need gurus and sample users to test this thing.
The book is fairly long (about 475 pages) so a good review will take some time and effort on the part of any volunteers. If you make a serious contribution, I will add your name to the list of contributors in the "Acknowledgments" section of the first chapter. Don't laugh, that's all I got for doing a technical review on O'Reilly's "Bash Cookbook."
Unlike Bash Cookbook however, my book will be freely distributable in PDF format but I am reserving the right to sell printed versions.
Please feel free to take a look at the draft. It can be downloaded from my Sourceforge site at:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linuxcommand/TLCL-09.07.pdf?use_mirror=master
If you decide that you'd like to help out with the review, let me know and I will provide further details.
Many thanks!
Hello All,
I have just finished the first draft of a book I'm writing titled, "The Linux Command Line" to be released under a Creative Commons license. With the initial writing completed, it's time for some editing and review. That means I'm looking for folks willing to perform some reviewing. In particular, I need technical reviewers who can gently point out my technical and historical errors, and I need less experienced users who can find areas where my explanations are unclear. Don't worry about grammar and spelling and such, I have a "real" editor for that. At this stage I need gurus and sample users to test this thing.
The book is fairly long (about 475 pages) so a good review will take some time and effort on the part of any volunteers. If you make a serious contribution, I will add your name to the list of contributors in the "Acknowledgments" section of the first chapter. Don't laugh, that's all I got for doing a technical review on O'Reilly's "Bash Cookbook."
Unlike Bash Cookbook however, my book will be freely distributable in PDF format but I am reserving the right to sell printed versions.
Please feel free to take a look at the draft. It can be downloaded from my Sourceforge site at:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linuxcommand/TLCL-09.07.pdf?use_mirror=master
If you decide that you'd like to help out with the review, let me know and I will provide further details.
Many thanks!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
"We're Linux" Video Finalists
The Linux Foundation has announced the finalists in their "We're Linux" competition. While I consider all the entries rather weak, my favorite is this one:
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