From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 22:40:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17D116A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:40:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p1028-ipbffx02marunouchi.tokyo.ocn.ne.jp (p1028-ipbffx02marunouchi.tokyo.ocn.ne.jp [220.111.132.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8510E43D1F for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:40:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lukek@meibin.net) Received: (qmail 27018 invoked by uid 89); 29 Jun 2004 22:40:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.8?) (192.168.10.8) by 192.168.20.5 with SMTP; 29 Jun 2004 22:40:00 -0000 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:37:38 +0900 From: Luke Kearney To: "Rajamani, Rajarajan (Rajarajan)" In-Reply-To: <1B8C2E08B21B8743A2B3AED07407DA760822B2C6@nj7460exch002u.ho.lucent.com> References: <1B8C2E08B21B8743A2B3AED07407DA760822B2C6@nj7460exch002u.ho.lucent.com> Message-Id: <20040630073409.7B83.LUKEK@meibin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.07.01 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which book should I start? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:40:06 -0000 On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:33:50 -0400 "Rajamani, Rajarajan (Rajarajan)" spake thus: > >> 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 > >> > > > >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 > > > I have Greg's book and I second Beech's mail as I too found it very > invaluable when I installed freeBSD the first time. > > RR Seems to me that it depends a great deal on which writer you find easiest to follow. If you want a sample of Michael Lucas' style go to Big Scary Daemons on the O'Reilly website. ( www.onlamp.com/bsd). I have Greg's book and it has safely guided me through all the basics. I still refer to it from time to time. Michael's material on the web is also easy to read. If you can afford it I'd get both. HTH LukeK -- Luke Kearney