Open Source Books
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Books
Here are some books from InfromIT. Some are old but still really free.
- infomix free library http://www.informit.com/free_library/
There is also lots of free reading over at Project Gutenberg
- Welcome to Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net/
Some Books Covered under the OpenContent License (OPL). I guess now you supposed to use the Creative Commons There are more public domain books @ eldritch press.
Algorithms
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#abop
Imaging
- Grokking-the-GIMP-v1.0 http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/
Development
- Thinking in series (java,c++,c#,python,patterns...)
- GTK+ / Gnome Application Development
- Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual .pdf 7,248KB http://www.mindview.net/Books
- Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual .pdf zipped 3,303KB http://iam.colum.edu/tech2/Books/GGAD/ggad.html
- Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual TROFF source 2,614KB http://iam.colum.edu/tech2/Books/motif/6A_book.pdf
- Volume 6B: Motif Programming Manual .pdf 7,371KB
- Volume 6B: Motif Programming Manual .pdf zipped 2,481KB
- Volume 6B: Motif Programming Manual TROFF source 590KB
- Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual examples 144KB
- The Mono Handbook
- Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
- How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary
- Programming Ruby The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
- Version Control with Subversion
- A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0
- Object-Oriented System Development
Unix/Linux
- FreeBSD HandbookFreeBSD Handbook
- Using Samba http://iam.colum.edu/tech2/Books/usingSamba/using_samba/
- Vi IMproved - Vim http://www.newriders.com/opl/0735710015.html
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
- The Art Of Unix Programming http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
OPL Sources
- New Riders Open Library http://www.newriders.com/opl/