Difference between revisions of "Talk:Books We Want"

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multcolib has <cite>Ambient Findability</cite> and <cite>Art of Project Management</cite> on-order now.
 
multcolib has <cite>Ambient Findability</cite> and <cite>Art of Project Management</cite> on-order now.
  
[http://www.bookpool.com/ Bookpool] is also having an O'Reilly sale in November.
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== A STRONG SUGGESTION ==
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All the specific suggestions are nice, but can we discuss a more structural approach?
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I'd like to see a breakdown of what "classes" of volunteers and programs we want to have books available for.
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I will post off the top of my head, and hopefully others will refine. Let's try to get a good broad selection that covers these folks.Then we can cross-reference with the O'Reilly and No Starch catalogs.
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People categories:
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* Total newbies (Linux for Beginners)
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* Coders
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* Distro developers
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Software categories:
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* Books documenting software that is in the Freekbox 3 distro (and that Tech Support supports.)
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** Debian GNU/Linux, KDE (and Gnome?), OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, The Gimp. Others?
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* Books documenting software or technologies that we use for Free Geek infrastructure.
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** Apache, PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL, MediaWiki, RT, SVN, Mailman, Courier, Postfix, Others? (see [[Software Overview]].)
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-[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 18:32, 26 Feb 2006 (PST)

Latest revision as of 19:32, 26 February 2006

multcolib has Ambient Findability and Art of Project Management on-order now.


A STRONG SUGGESTION

All the specific suggestions are nice, but can we discuss a more structural approach?

I'd like to see a breakdown of what "classes" of volunteers and programs we want to have books available for.

I will post off the top of my head, and hopefully others will refine. Let's try to get a good broad selection that covers these folks.Then we can cross-reference with the O'Reilly and No Starch catalogs.

People categories:

  • Total newbies (Linux for Beginners)
  • Coders
  • Distro developers

Software categories:

  • Books documenting software that is in the Freekbox 3 distro (and that Tech Support supports.)
    • Debian GNU/Linux, KDE (and Gnome?), OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, The Gimp. Others?
  • Books documenting software or technologies that we use for Free Geek infrastructure.
    • Apache, PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL, MediaWiki, RT, SVN, Mailman, Courier, Postfix, Others? (see Software Overview.)

-Pete 18:32, 26 Feb 2006 (PST)