From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 00:04:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 558A037B401 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 00:04:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978F343FAF for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 00:04:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 0F48B51A6F; Sun, 25 May 2003 16:34:24 +0930 (CST) Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 16:34:23 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "Jerry M. Howell II" Message-ID: <20030525070423.GA15770@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD book X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 07:04:37 -0000 --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--