On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:14:21AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 10:19:20PM -0700, jekillen wrote:
> > Hello;
> > I would like some recommendations on a published manual for
> > Debian. I think O'Reilly has one, and there is the Linux survival
> > guide, but are there others?
> > I like to have hard copies rather than taking up window space
> > with manual pages and having to shuffle between text windows
> > and what I am trying to get in hand.
> > I have a copy of Running Linux, but as I recall (I have not looked
> > at it for some time) it is more generalized and not distro specific.
>
> I haven't read it too much myself, but I have heard good things about
> the Debian System by Martin "madduck" Krafft.
>
> http://debiansystem.info/
Since the standard references you'll hear on the list (non-printed) are:
debian-reference
harden-doc
shorewall-doc
and are available in ps format, why not just either print them yourself
or take them to a print shop and have them printed and bound in some
way.
The Linux Cookbook comes in printed form. Its not debian specific but
has some good ideas for non-GUI use.
Evi Nemeth et all have the Unix System Administration Handbook which is
pretty definitive for Unix-like OSs including Linux and have a Linux
Administration Handbook, but their "Linux" is Red Hat.
The big problem with having published man pages is that the man page
should represent the program as it is installed on your box. If there's
a new version, the man page should reflect it. This is why the man
system was invented in the first place. If you really want printed man
pages, put up a 6 foot shelf over your computer, get several big
binders, and start printing.
I don't know about you and your bookstores, but I can print a lot
cheaper than I can buy a book with the same info. Since the
documentation for Debian is free, there's no reason not to print it up
yourself.
Doug.
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