From dwilliams@wiley.com Fri Feb 25 01:28:13 2005 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:28:14 -0500 From: dwilliams@wiley.com To: Peter Burris , rsgranne@gmail.com Cc: John A. Goebel Subject: Outline pong X-IMAPbase: 1447856687 1 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1 OK, the gang's all here. I just got the updated full outline for Chapters 1-3. The exercise here is two part: fix the Chapter titles to be cooler, hackier and then go back and fix the A/B heads if necessary. I'll start by saying what I like and dislike about the full set of chapter/part titles, then let's progress a chapter at a time. GOOD: Part II and IV. Chapters 4-6 are decent but could use spicing up. All Part IV titles are OK. Part III name and Chapter titles needs more detail. BAD BAD BAD: Part 1 and C1-3 titles Any thoughts? Part I: Navigating the Amazing Knoppix Toolkit Chapter 1: Interpreting the Knoppix toolkit maze SCOTT, 25 pgs Chapter 2: Maximize Knoppix Internet tools SCOTT, 15 pgs Chapter 3: Connecting to other machines and resources SCOTT, 20 pgs Part II: Rescuing and Recovering Systems Using Knoppix Chapter 4: Fixing Linux with Knoppix Peter, 20 pgs Chapter 5: Fixing Windows with Knoppix SCOTT, 20 pgs Chapter 6: Security assessment with Knoppix SCOTT, 20 pgs Part III: Knoppix Variants Chapter 7: General MAKO, 20 pgs Chapter 8: Science John Goebel, 20 pgs Chapter 9: Security SCOTT, 30 pgs Chapter 10: Fun and Education SCOTT, 20 pgs Part IV: Customizing Knoppix and Live CDs Chapter 11: Changing Knoppix to fit your needs, 15 pgs, Mako and Alex Chapter 12: Remastering Knoppix, 15 pgs Mako & Alex Chapter 13: Creating KidsKnoppix SCOTT, 15 pgs Chapter 14: Creating Broken Windows SCOTT, 15 pgs Appendix A: Booting Knoppix Andreas/Mako, 10 pgs Appendix B: Install Knoppix on your hard drive Mako/Andreas, 20 pgs 1: Interpreting the Knoppix toolkit maze Making Knoppix look nicer Fixing system fonts Fixing application fonts Setting up your printers Enjoying multimedia Sound Listening to music with XMMS Editing sound files with Audacity Images Viewing images with Kuickshow Scanning pictures with Kooka Connecting to your digital camera with gtkam Editing images with GIMP Manipulating graphics via the command line with ImageMagick Video Checking out video with xine Burning CDs with K3b Using text editors Editing configuration files on the command line with vim Editing configuration files using the GUI editor Kate Working with office software Enjoying interoperability with OpenOffice.org Desktop publishing with Scribus Viewing PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader Comparing two or more files with Kompare Summary 2: Maximize Knoppix Internet Tools Accessing the Internet Connecting via your modem Getting broadband working Cruising wirelessly Setting a static address Working on the Internet Browsing the web with Mozilla Reading and sending email with KMail Instant messaging with buddies using Kopete Sharing files with peer2peer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Summary 3: Connecting to Other Machines and Resources Remote Control Starting Up VNC Controlling Another Computer with Remote Desktop Connection Setting Up FreeNX Using the FreeNX Client FTP FTPing to Another Machine SSH & its Descendants Making Sure SSH is on for Secure Connections SSH SFTP SCP Sharing Files and Printers Turning on & Configuring Samba Accessing Files & Printers with Samba Sharing and Accessing Files with NFS Serving Up Web Pages with Apache Summary Debra Peter Burris 02/25/2005 01:08 AM To dwilliams@wiley.com cc "John A. Goebel" Subject Re: ready to play? I'm up for a finite, focused effort. Debra, when we last spoke about this, we talked about verbs and agreed to stay away from cutes metaphors. I recall you liked the verb "retooled' to describe the process of taking an existing utility -- knoppix -- and aiming for a deeper technical grasp. With that as a precipice, which way should we jump. I'm going to pull up the outline while I await a response. > Are you up for doing this, or should we postpone until tomorrow. I'm still > up to my ears in contracts, proposals and general painful catchup, and > it's 1am so my wit is waning. On the other hand, I could be cajoled. > > Debra Williams Cauley > Acquisitions Editor > dwilliams@wiley.com > > John Wiley & Sons, Inc. > 111 River Street, Mailstop 4-01 > Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 > 201-748-5623 > 201-748-6950 (fax) > > > > > Peter Burris > 02/25/2005 01:02 AM > > To > dwilliams@wiley.com > cc > "John A. Goebel" > Subject > Re: ready to play? > > > > > > > > wish I could have had an old fashioned snowball fight. > Instead, I > honored plans made in December. Annoying, longer than I expected...blah. > >> How was the snowball fight? How many inches of snow are you supposed to >> get? I'm composing the real email now if anyone is around to play. I'm >> trying hard not to pull an all nighter again but I've got to get this > damn >> outline tweaked. >> >> Debra Williams Cauley >> Acquisitions Editor >> dwilliams@wiley.com >> >> John Wiley & Sons, Inc. >> 111 River Street, Mailstop 4-01 >> Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 >> 201-748-5623 >> 201-748-6950 (fax) >> > > -- Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr., writer