Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 16:34:23 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jerry M. Howell II" <jmhowell@jmhowell.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD book Message-ID: <20030525070423.GA15770@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com> References: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com>
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--lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 25 May 2003 at 0:22:49 -0600, Jerry M. Howell II wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 05:56:11PM -0500, Jonathan wrote: >> Hi: >> >> I recently got "FreeBSD: An Open-Source operating system for your personal >> computer", by Annelise Anderson. I must say this is a really excellent >> introduction to FreeBSD. Although the book covers FreeBSD 4.3, much of the >> material is still relevant to 4.8. A 4.8 CD was included with the book. She >> has an entire chapter on ports plus a very nice chapter on kernel >> configuration and compiling. She covers the commands: kldstat, kldload, >> dmesg, ldconfig, last, netstat, w, who, ps and top. She covers cvsup too. I >> learned a lot about my new FreeBSD by reading this book. >> >> http://www.bsdmall.com/freebosforyo.html > > I personaly liked FreeBSD Unleashed even though I'm not a big SAMS > advocate. Agreed. SAMS have a bad reputation, but this book is surprisingly good. > Most of my books are from O'Reilly but they did a realy good job on > this book. two thumbs up. Anyone else have any recomendations, > besides the obvoius handbook and other websites posted on the > freebsd site? Well, since you mention O'Reilly, and at the risk of blowing my own trumpet, take a look at "The Complete FreeBSD", fourth edition, which is hot off the press. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cfreebsd/desc.html. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+0Gr3IubykFB6QiMRAhyQAJ0SgoSsSw7c394Y7SYk7l/3OIbqnQCcCwjb /Xb+s6bgFPbHBUVxL5rR/XU= =F0Mg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ--
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