Re: [orca-list] A Book for Debian/Debian-based Systems Users

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

I wonder how to go about putting a book like this on project
gutenberg.  Bet their servers could handle the traffic.

Alex M


On 5/10/12, Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com> wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
>
> NOTE: To any list moderators,
>
> If you feel that this message is too off-topic for this list, I will
> understand if you remove it, and I sincerely apologize in any time lost
> and any inconvenience encountered in doing so.
>
> I am sorry for this, as I know that it is mostly off-topic, but I know
> that there are a lot of Ubuntu users here on this list, as well as some
> Debian users. I have been tracking the workings of a free book entitled
> "The Debian Administrator's Handbook" for quite some time now since I
> saw a post concerning it on a Linux Mint blog many months ago.
>
> This book was originally written in the French language by two Debian
> developers and was sold commercially. The authors felt that the book
> should be liberated, and so a campaign was started to liberate the book
> and translate it into English, and it appears that other translations
> are being set into motion. According to a blog post [1] on the book's
> page, the book is available for purchase in printed form, is available
> to read freely online [2], and is available as a free download in three
> formats (direct links are in the footnotes): PDF [3], EPUB [4], and
> Mobipocket [5]. If you are running Debian Unstable, you can get the book
> by running the following command:
>
> sudo apt-get install debian-handbook
>
> This book has been released under the following licenses:
> -GPL-2+
> -CC-BY-SA 3.0
>
> As I mentioned earlier, I am very sorry for this off-topic post, but
> being an intermediate user of Ubuntu, I know that this book will be very
> helpful to me and any others here on this list who use Debian or a
> derivative who want to know how to more effectively use their system.
>
> I hope that you find this message a help and a blessing.
>
> Please keep in mind that the servers on which this book is located are
> receiving a LOT of traffic, so download times *could be* slow.
>
> Take care, and best wishes.
>
> [1]
> http://debian-handbook.info/2012/the-debian-administrators-handbook-is-available/
> [2] http://static.debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/
> [3] PDF: http://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf
> [4] EPUB: http://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.epub
> [5] Mobipocket:
> http://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.mobi
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