From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 24 23:22:41 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 73C8D37B401 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 23:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gamma.hostbyk.com (gamma.hostbyk.com [205.214.80.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8B843F93 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 23:22:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmhowell@gamma.hostbyk.com) Received: from jmhowell by gamma.hostbyk.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19Jou9-0001fm-00 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 May 2003 00:22:49 -0600 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 00:22:49 -0600 From: "Jerry M. Howell II" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com> References: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net>; from j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net on Sat, May 24, 2003 at 05:56:11PM -0500 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 06:22:41 -0000 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. 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? -- Jerry M. Howell II