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@@ -1,36 +1,71 @@ General -* Aim to update references to kernel versions and Slackware versions to those used in the most recent release of Slackware. I've seen kernel 2.6.29.4 and Slackware 12.0.0 for instance. +* Aim to update references to kernel versions and Slackware versions to those + used in the most recent release of Slackware. I've seen kernel 2.6.29.4 and + Slackware 12.0.0 for instance. * cron * more extensive CLI apps like v2.0 +* no idea where the hell udev is covered in here, but we need to do a bit of + talk about it. Nothing too advanced, and we definitely DO NOT want to + imply that users should have to do much with udev. All of the asshattery + out there with trying to automount shit with udev is, well, asshattery. + * need to mention that /etc/udev/rules.d/<somefile> overrides an identically + named file in /lib/udev/rules.d/ + * need to mention persistent rules that are system-generated, especially + in reference to how the admin might be misled into thinking that they are + causing breakage... + + Chapter 3. Booting + * Section 'mkinitrd' * /usr/share/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh "Now that we've created out initrd" -> "Now that we've created our initrd" - "most of these warnings are issued by the use of LVM" << I think that at this point of the book, people will be scared off by the unfamiliar 'LVM' and listing "/dev/raven/64root" as a root device may be confusing to people who expect something like "/dev/sda1". Better to discuss LVM later on. + "most of these warnings are issued by the use of LVM" << I think that at + this point of the book, people will be scared off by the unfamiliar + 'LVM' and listing "/dev/raven/64root" as a root device may be confusing + to people who expect something like "/dev/sda1". Better to discuss LVM + later on. + Chapter 4. Basic Shell Commands + * Table 4.1. Man Page Sections Add Section 9 "kernel API description" Add Section n "New" - typically used for Tcl/Tk man pages + Chapter 6. X Windows * Section 'configuring the X server' - "The second most popular way to configure X on your system is the handy xorgconfig(1)." << Factually, this is no longer true. The xorgconfig and xorgcfg utilities have been removed as per Slackware 13.0. What you *should* mention is that the X in Slackware will auto-configure itself if a xorg.conf file is missing (or will automatically configure components for any sections that are missing from an existing xorg.conf using the information it receives from the HAL daemon) + "The second most popular way to configure X on your system is the handy + xorgconfig(1)." << Factually, this is no longer true. The xorgconfig and + xorgcfg utilities have been removed as per Slackware 13.0. What you + *should* mention is that the X in Slackware will auto-configure itself + if a xorg.conf file is missing (or will automatically configure components + for any sections that are missing from an existing xorg.conf using the + information it receives from the HAL daemon) + * note that HAL is slated for deprecation and this might be handled by + udev directly at some point in the future... + Chapter 8. Users and Groups * Section 'Other User and Group Tools' - You could mention the tool here that is most sought after in IRC and forums: the "gpasswd" program whicl allows you to add a user to one additional group without touching on your current group management (remember that "usermod -G" will not retain your current group membership while "gpasswd -a" will). + You could mention the tool here that is most sought after in IRC and + forums: the "gpasswd" program which allows you to add a user to one + additional group without touching on your current group management + (remember that "usermod -G" will not retain your current group membership + while "gpasswd -a" will). + Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems @@ -40,13 +75,20 @@ Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems * Section 'Network Filesystems' / 'NFS' - You could mention here how the command "showmount -e <remote_server> " allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made available. + You could mention here how the command "showmount -e <remote_server> " + allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made + available. + Chapter 11. vi * Table 11.2. vi Cheat Sheet - You should really add "dw" (delete a word - and store it in the copybuffer) "yw" (copy a word to the copy buffer), "yy" (copy a line to the copy buffer) and "p" (paste the content of the copybuffer at the cursor's location) + You should really add "dw" (delete a word - and store it in the + copybuffer) "yw" (copy a word to the copy buffer), "yy" (copy a line to + the copy buffer) and "p" (paste the content of the copybuffer at the + cursor's location) + Chapter 15. Basic Networking Commands @@ -56,5 +98,4 @@ Chapter 15. Basic Networking Commands * Section 'NNTP Clients' - Should we even have this section? At this time, I'm leaning towards - 'no'. + Should we even have this section? At this time, I'm leaning towards 'no'. |