At Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:38:40 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm currently busy finishing "Linux aux petits oignons", a practical > introduction to Linux, aimed primarily at the frustrated Windows user. > This is the first of two volumes, it's written in french, and all > examples in the book are based on CentOS. (Note: looks like I'll have to > update some screenshots to 5.3 :oD) Are there plans for an English version / translation? > > Usually the first question that arises is: why not base your book on > Ubuntu/Fedora/SuSE/whatever? I answer that question in the book, but in > short: I'm using Linux professionally, both on server and desktop, and > my distro of choice for both is CentOS. It's one of those rare distros > where you login and everything Just Works(tm). I'm aware of the few > drawbacks (recent hardware, latest version of apps, yadda yadda), but I > can live with that. > > Another thing you will maybe notice: I'm not shy about introducing > newbies to the commandline. Usually Linux books for beginners seem more > and more GUI-centered, but I'm taking the opposite way, preferring to > explain simple and basic UNIX concepts. (The heck if I lose 90% of > prospective readers who will rather go off and buy "Simple comme Ubuntu" > :oD) > > Here's the - almost - final version of the manuscript. It will go to the > graphist sometime next week. Until then, maybe you're curious and want > to take a glimpse: > > http://www.kikinovak.net/download/LinuxAuxPetitsOignons.pdf > http://www.kikinovak.net/download/Captures.tar.gz > > If you have any comments, suggestions, if you want to point out the odd > typo or mistake, feel free to do so. I can take them into account until > maybe the end of next week, before the folks in the layout department do > their job. > > One last thing: since this is not the final version, please don't > disseminate it too much. > > Enjoy, > > Niki Kovacs (a.k.a Kiki Novak) > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/