From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 21 7:50:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from onondaga.gate.net (onondaga.gate.net [198.206.134.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E1614BC6 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:50:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjm@gate.net) Received: from dakota.gate.net (wjm@dakota.gate.net [199.227.0.13]) by onondaga.gate.net (8.8.6/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA61302; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:47:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (wjm@localhost) by dakota.gate.net (8.8.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA49892; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:50:14 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: dakota.gate.net: wjm owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:50:14 -0400 (EDT) From: William Melanson To: Richard Storey Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info sources In-Reply-To: <008d01bf1bc8$41a980e0$97d3fea9@alpha> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Richard Storey wrote: % % hi % % a few days ago i installed FBSD 2.2.8 on an old box just to learn unix--fbsd % seemed like the best choice. I have a book, Unix Unleashed (SAMS, 3 ed.) % but i often find that things in fbsd aren't exactly like the way they are in % the book, i.e., the book speaks a lot to sys v, aix, linux, irix, but not % fbsd. % % Has anyone read the book, The Complete Free BSD? Is it very comprehensive % as to fill in the gaps where a generic unix book falls short? Also, is % there some place where i can find a detailed description of all ports, % meaning what each pgm does? % % thanks % % rs Hi Richard, The Complete FreebSD (3rd edition) is a must have for all bsd enthusiasts. I as well as many others look towards that book as the bsd bible. It truly is a must-have whereas all your freebsd questions will most certainly be answered. The Complete FreeBSD book in conjunctions with the online handbook/tutorials/faq's at www.freebsd.org as well as this mailing list will leave 99.9% of all questions unanswered. - enjoy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message