Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:00:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: RichardH <richardh@wsonline.net> Cc: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Book from Amazon Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10206120255040.36616-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020611212803.00a7c308@mail.richardh.wsonline.net>
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On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, RichardH wrote: > FreeBSD Unleashed by Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann is excellent as is > FreeBSD an open source OS for your PC by Annelise Anderson, the first is > very detailed about the FBSD OS, the second is very useful for setting up > FBSD as a PC OS instead of Win or Linux, also the complete freeBSD by Greg > Lehey is very good and comes packaged with the full OS, ports, etc. I > recommend using bookpool discount technical books, much cheaper than > Amazon, www.bookpool.com . > There's also the Handbook in book form; UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK by Nemeth et.al.; and Ted Mittelstaedt's book, FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide. Finally, some thing line Unix for the Impatient (abrahams & larson) for details on unix utilities. Each does something different for you....although they overlap in significant areas. > If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a > Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and > explode once a year killing everyone inside. > —Robert Cringely in InfoWorld But as T.J. Rogers said, if the automobile had followed the same development of the computer, it would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and be 12 inches long. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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