I like reading several books about some programming of one kind or another. I have all new books in electronic format and again, for XMas, I got a printed book, and the giver offered me the option of actually having it in Ebook insted, for which I said YES.
The topic of the book definitely still needs updated references about kernel programming, IMHO. But I think EBooks are the way to go and I say that because it may influence the development of your content. One aspect of ebooks is that pictures do not scale very well when zooming.
Is the target market for printed books or EBooks ?
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From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>
Date: 2014/12/29 08:04 (GMT-05:00)
To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>
Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] is there still a market for linux kernel books?
without naming names, a publishing company i do a lot of
editing/proofreading for has sent me a proposal for a new linux kernel
book, and is asking me what i think of its marketability, and these
days, i'm not sure what to say.
the canonical kernel programming book these days *seems* to still be
"linux kernel programming (3rd ed)", by robert love but, like all
kernel books, it's starting to show its age -- if memory serves, LKD3
is based on the 2.6.32 kernel so, yes, it needs a serious facelift at
this point.
keeping it brief, the proposal describes the three main pillars of
the kernel -- memory management, processes and interrupts -- and the
first five proposed chapters are listed as:
* kernel boot time
* memory management
* processes
* interrupts
* file systems
i'm sure there's more but it's not listed here. the book claims to be
based on the 3.16 kernel, which is a good thing, but given the amount
of kernel documentation out there, and the speed with which the kernel
changes, i'm wondering what others think of the viability of any new
kernel books. thoughts?
rday
p.s. earlier this year, there was *supposed* to be an updated version
of "linux device drivers (3rd ed)", but the initial main author had to
bow out so that entire project was put on indefinite hold.
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