10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-02-24 16:50, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at freebsd.org> wrote:
>On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 23:44:30 -0500, David Stanford wrote:
>> On 2/23/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication
>>> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and
>>> Using FreeBSD".  It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD".
>>>
>>> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've
>>> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons
>>> license.  See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/.
>>
>> Greg,
>>
>> All I can think to say is thanks!
>
> You (and everybody else) are welcome.
>
>> I purchased this book nearly a year ago shortly after I began using
>> FreeBSD and it has been an invaluable resource ever since. Now that
>> you have made it publicly available, maybe the FreeBSD project could
>> find a way to merge some of your book in with their own handbook
>
> That's happened already, as you can easily see by comparing
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html
> with chapter 12 of the book.  The FreeBSD documentation project know
> they can rely on me to contribute documentation where it makes sense.
>
>> or at least link it on FreeBSD.org for newbies like myself to easily
>> find :).
>
> That's probably a good idea.  Can somebody from the doc project
> comment?

Yes.  I would very much like to see this published online at least as
part of our "publish.html" page.

Greg,

if I have your approval, the following patch is the least I can to thank
you for all the work you've put into the book all these years, and for
releasing it now:

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 	<td><a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp"><IMG SRC="gifs/bsdcomp-4.2.gif" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="220" alt="book cover"></a></td>
 	<td>
-	The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2.
+	<p>The Complete FreeBSD with CDs, 3rd Ed, FreeBSD 4.2.
 	Everything you ever wanted to know about how to get
 	your computer up and running FreeBSD. Includes 4 CDs
-	containing the FreeBSD operating system!
+	containing the FreeBSD operating system!</p>
 
-	Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9
-	 </td>
+	<p>Released: November 2000 ISBN: 1-57176-246-9</p>
+
+	<p>On 24 February 2006, at the 10th anniversary of the
+	  publication of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and
+	  Using FreeBSD", Greg Lehey has released the full text and
+	  sources of "The Complete FreeBSD" under the Creative Commons
+	  license.  The book text & sources are available at:</p>
+
+	<p><a href="http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/">http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/</a></p>
+	</td>
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