From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 3 09:01:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A1616A4CE for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.freebsdmall.com (ns1.freebsdmall.com [69.50.233.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E05DD43D3F for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murray@freebsdmall.com) Received: by mail.freebsdmall.com (Postfix, from userid 2074) id ED2BB1CC52; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:09:45 -0700 From: Murray Stokely To: announce@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040603160945.GA80216@freebsdmall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/0E451F7D X-GPG-Key-Fingerprint: E2CA 411D DD44 53FD BB4B 3CB5 B4D7 10A2 0E45 1F7D Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] The FreeBSD Handbook, Third Edition (User Guide) is now available. X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Project Announcements [moderated] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:01:49 -0000 --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The FreeBSD Handbook is the primary source of documentation produced by the FreeBSD Documentation Project. This new edition has been split into two separate volumes as the content has simply outgrown the limitations of a single volume. The first volume, the User Guide, is available now. The second volume, an Administrator Guide, will be published later this summer. The following changes have been made since the second edition=20 (taken from the Preface): * Chapter 2, Installation, has been updated to reflect the new installation options for FreeBSD 5.X. A new section on initial network configuration has been added. * Chapter 3, Unix Basics, has been expanded with new sections on virtual consoles and terminals, disk organization, and binary formats. * Chapter 4, Ports and Packages, includes an updated troubleshooting section. * Chapter 6, Desktop Applications, is all new with this edition. This chapter includes information about web browsers, productivity suites, and complete desktop environments for FreeBSD and XFree86. * The old sound chapter has been expanded into a general chapter about multimedia. Chapter 7 now includes information about audio and video playback and authoring with FreeBSD. * A number of aesthetic improvements have been made to the tables and figures throughout the book. =20 The book was typeset using the open-source tools used by the FreeBSD Documentation Project (http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/). This book would not be possible without the hard work of many people. In particular, I'd like to single out the following authors who contributed substantial amounts of text to make this book a reality: Satoshi Asami, Neil Blakey-Milner, Nik Clayton, Ceri Davies, Matt Dillon, Dima Dorfman, Udo Erdelhoff, Mark Fonvieille, Jordan Hubbard, Giorgos Keramidas, Sean Kelly, Seth Kingsley, Jun Kuriyama, Chern Lee, Bruce Mah, Jim Mock, Mark Murray, David O'Brien, Hiten Pandya, Chris Piazza, Randy Pratt, Tom Rhodes, Christopher Shumway, Mike Smith, Brian Somers, G. Adam Stanislav, Greg Sutter, Bill Swingle, Valentino Vaschetto, Michael C. Wu, and everyone else who has contributed updates to this book over the past 6 years. The book is available now from the FreeBSD Mall: http://www.freebsdmall.com/ You may also purchase the book from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571763279/102-6118370-9100905 or from retailers such as Fry's Electronics in the U.S. Thanks and enjoy! - Murray --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAv01H6wYGSHBsCdYRAruxAJoDfmkjQYUBoKc2TAokKJA601gmmwCgg+ov N//3R4f7X+OtiBF9IaiXXRw= =HXmQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu--