From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 18:49:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C248A82 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22e.google.com (mail-oa0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3070F1980 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id i7so8213678oag.5 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:49:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=CNdQn9kCYyT1Hsorw+WuRTkWphUTapp++G7JfVDhw6A=; b=EHgxnPcwTUn3TCyd9OLeRGamHluZ8aI1FITZ3ipIxP6jlaUPWazYTZeaP3BZG0PPrl xM02hmzuJ2Cc0DFEtAvceJFOR6TjU90Pm8sBaJ7o56iaHxCvZKcMiCHrTEziMVzOcxNi x1DLjXDogs9OxBzHksKQg8r8FIxE+/MjycCQ+V+7kQHrPLURcgpNs+dTEsChoLjjAo4E f+8an6VUzZfyrVkIzQFWKk9C0+r4NP5dwYICRv+q/i/cZ/hy6sC7/wlVpekdOCFZ9cjA GMllhlVvfHWY2Xn/pk+ALY2iPSfVFbb3gp8KwFALJ6vr3fTECNdeTa4p6y/dk+ym6Vy8 xQ+Q== X-Received: by 10.182.135.228 with SMTP id pv4mr158037obb.62.1397414974463; Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:49:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.64] (pool-71-170-112-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net. [71.170.112.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f9sm23886157obm.2.2014.04.13.11.49.33 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:49:33 -0700 (PDT) References: <20140413025118.GA770@h61m.kathe.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <20140413025118.GA770@h61m.kathe.in> Message-Id: <110619C3-F757-4A8B-A983-A37DBEE1C500@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11D167) From: Matthew Pherigo Subject: Re: freebsd 10 specific books? Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:49:35 -0500 To: Mayuresh Kathe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:49:35 -0000 Hi Mayuresh, > On Apr 12, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >=20 > hello, apologies if this is an off-topic question. As long as it's about FreeBSD, it's on-topic. :) > is there anything else that i might have missed out? > something for freebsd 10 administration! Well, first of all, there's the FreeBSD handbook, which, all things consider= ed, has as much value is any book you might buy off of Amazon. And, it's fre= e! Another book to look at is Absolute FreeBSD by Michael W. Lucas, an extremel= y good author who is EXCELLENT at technical writing. Unfortunately, the late= st edition of the book is still one or two FreeBSD releases old -- but, it's= still extremely useful and educational. And, apparently he'll have a new ed= ition for FreeBSD 10 out soon, at which point I will throw my money at his f= ace immediately. Some of his other books include Absolute OpenBSD, SSH Maste= ry, and Sudo Mastery, all of which I can unconditionally recommend for BSD a= dministrators. In fact, I would recommend Sudo Mastery for every Unix Admini= strator, so if there's one book you purchase out of all of these, it should b= e that one. https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=3Dsudo-mastery-user= -access-control-for-everyone Unfortunately, besides the handbook, I'm not really sure there are ANY books= released for version 10. Part of the difficulty of using something like Fre= eBSD is that there are less people to participate in the ecosystem, due to t= he fact that there are fewer people aware of it then something like, say, De= bian Linux. This means there are less people to consume books about it, and t= herefore, less authors who are motivated to write books for it. Of course, w= hen books ARE released, they are usually worth their weight in gold. So, kee= p your eyes open. I know I will! --Matt=