Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:06:58 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@northwindcom.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which book should I start? Message-ID: <200406291206.58534.akbeech@northwindcom.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1088538779.1C1EDA5C@s29.dngr.org> References: <1088538779.1C1EDA5C@s29.dngr.org>
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On Tuesday 29 June 2004 11:52 am, Laszlo Antal wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to Bsd. I did a lot of research on the net which book should I > start with. > I got two of them. I can not deside which one should I start. > Here are my books:: > - The Complet FreeBSD. 4th Edition > From O'Reilly, Greg Lehey. > > - Absolute BSD The ultimate guide to FreeBSD. > From Michael Lucas. > > Thank you for all the advise. > > Laszlo > > One more questione the complete freebsd covers > Bsd 5. I have the FreeBsd 4.8. > Do I need to buy the version 5 ?? > > Thank you again > --lantal I would start with Greg's book. I found it invaluable when I was first learning FreeBSD (still use it occasionally). As for buying FreeBSD-5, you can upgrade for free. That's also covered in Greg's book. Above all, the handbook and man are your friends. just my $.02, Beech --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@northwindcom.dyndns.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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