From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun May 28 12:10:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from coimbra.oss.uswest.net (coimbra.oss.uswest.net [209.180.20.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA69C37B80A for ; Sun, 28 May 2000 12:10:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nitebirdz@uswest.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by coimbra.oss.uswest.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA22033; Mon, 29 May 2000 14:09:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 14:09:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Nitebirdz" X-Sender: nitebirdz@coimbra.oss.uswest.net To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: Bryan Otteson , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any good books? In-Reply-To: <20000527094239.11337.qmail@hades.hell.gr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 27 May 2000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Bryan Otteson wrote: > > Are there any good books on just simple how-to stuff like configuring > > a printer, or finding out what the printer files are and how to manipulate > > them, or finding where your modem is and configuring? > > Yes, of course. I found Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" to be of > great value during my first steps into FreeBSD. Of course, there are a > zillion books out there on learning Unix, and most of the Unix stuff > you'll get to know apply to FreeBSD too. > > Then, there is the FreeBSD handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ > and the FreeBSD FAQ. The manpages of FreeBSD are also a good resource > when looking for something you don't know about. Search them with: > By the way, the Handbook can also be purchased in hard copy now (I mean in paper, as opposed to the online version). See this URL: http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsdhandbk.phtml --------------------- Nitebirdz: http://www.linuxnovice.org "Open source tries to move software from a witchcraft to a science. People start discussing ideas and suddenly you don't have shamanistic companies telling you how it is." (Linus Torvalds) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message