Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 10:44:32 -0500 From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> To: <treznor@sunflower.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, <steffen@vorrix.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Books Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0103041043490.1950439-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010303025956.63571.qmail@web12502.mail.yahoo.com>
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A brotherhood it is!! Alpha Beta BSD!! On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Tyler McGeorge wrote: > I, myself, asked the same question as the my first > activity on this mailing list. However, I had been > running FreeBSD for 3 months prior to subscribing, > and I was still floundering. The best response I got > from my inquery about good books was that books tend > to become outdated and require constant updating of > one's library. Which is fine, because, I know I love > to sit down and read a book (even if it is a Unix > manual, my friends think I'm strange.) However, the > best sources for information are usually online. If > you have a question or problem, go to your favorite > online search engine and type in, "<problem> tutorial" > and it will usually come up with something useful. > Another good source is the wide variety of websites > devoted to FreeBSD, *BSD in general and *nix in > general. A favorite being www.freebsddiary.org. And > there is always FreeBSD-Questions mailing list. > > I have bought two Unix books. My first one was the > Unix Bible (which was very detailed in Unix theory but > not very practical for learning how to do stuff) and > (I don't remember the exact name) The Unix Desktop > Guide, which is a book packed full of glossary terms, > scripting help and general usage of prompt. Neither of > these are nessesarily for FreeBSD. The Unix Bible > deals with FreeBSD and HP as their two primary > examples (the book comes packaged with Slackware > Linux, go figure.) > > I've recently done some research on my next purchase > as far as Unix books go. I went to Amazon.com and was > looking for a book on socket programming in C in Unix. > I don't recall the exact name of the book, but it was > rated well at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. > > In the FreeBSD community, almost everybody is willing > to help. In fact, I saw a guy walking down the street > with a FreeBSD t-shirt on (I haven't ordered mine yet, > unfortunately) and I started talking to him. It's a > brotherhood, I tells ya. > > Tyler > > Steffen Vorrix wrote: > > > > Can someone tell me about good freebsd books to > buy. I have been to > > the web site and read the freebsd handbook there. > That seems to be a > > very good source of information, but I find that I > can read material > > easier if I have the information bound in front of > me. I also > > subscribe to a few mailing lists, but as a Windows > guy in a previous > > life, getting all of the subtleties of FreeBSD is > a little > > challenging. I am interested in learing about > home and corporate > > use. I have seen The Complete FreeBSD and The > FreeBSD Handbook, as > > well as The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide. > Does anyone own > > these, and are they any good? The reviews of the > first two books tend > > be good, although both also tend to suggest the > books are dated. I am > > sure that I can find plenty of information on the > web, but a good > > reference starter book available at the fingertips > would be a great > > help. > > > > Steffen Vorrix > > steffen@vorrix.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > G. Jason Middleton _______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement: The revolution will not be televised. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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