Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:23:55 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Request for tech review: half of FreeBSD book Message-ID: <20010703202355.A87390@blackhelicopters.org>
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Hello, For those who haven't heard my occasional panicked gasps for freedom on -chat, I'm writing a book on FreeBSD. It's called "Absolute BSD", and is due for publication roughly around BSDCon 2002. There's a signed contract and everything, so it's pretty much a guaranteed thing. I'm looking for a couple brave souls who would be willing to be technical reviewers. I have plenty of people who are tracking down "this sentence no verb" and "what dictionary did you find *this* word in?" errors. What I need are a couple of experienced sysadmin/developer types who can comment on the technical accuracy, before I send it to the publisher. The target audience is people who have basic UNIX familiarity. I don't cover cd, ls, chmod, and friends. I do cover FreeBSD-specific issues, and go into depth on securing your system, providing network services, tweaking the kernel, and so on. The section I have ready for review is about 80,000 words. This is only a second draft -- there's rough bits here and there, I'm sure. But there's no point in polishing incorrect text. There's another 60,000-70,000 words coming, once I translate my brained-by-falling-masonry chicken-scratch into English. I'd ask you to review that as well, hopefully by the end of August. I'll be happy to credit the reviewers in the book, of course, and send you a copy. Since freelance writers make only slightly more than migrant farm workers, that's about it. :( So, if you're a sysadmin who likes to be pendantic, do please drop me a line! Thanks, Michael -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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