Re: Rant: The need for books to document things (was: Re: Virtual Machines)

2022-08-22 Thread Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ
On Montag, 22. August 2022 14:47:15 -04 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 01:58:57PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, August 22, 2022 08:50:02 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a good book on the general topic of VMs? Or > > > one on a specific VM stac

Re: Rant: The need for books to document things (was: Re: Virtual Machines)

2022-08-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 01:58:57PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, August 22, 2022 08:50:02 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good book on the general topic of VMs? Or one on a > > specific VM stack (using Linux as base)? > > At this point, I've requested two books on

Re: Rant: The need for books to document things (was: Re: Virtual Machines)

2022-08-22 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 01:58:57PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: It just seems documentation ought to be better / simpler / easier to use than that. There's an inverse correlation between completeness and simplicity. If you don't want to read a 700 page book, the other alternative is to sp

Rant: The need for books to document things (was: Re: Virtual Machines)

2022-08-22 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, August 22, 2022 08:50:02 AM Tom Browder wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book on the general topic of VMs? Or one on a > specific VM stack (using Linux as base)? I applaud someone wanting / willing to read a book ;-) (I'm smiling, but I am serious.) I also applaud the recommedati