From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 07:12:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8CB16A418 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:12:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-08.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-08.bluehost.com [69.89.17.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 100A113C457 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 17491 invoked by uid 0); 14 Dec 2007 07:12:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2007 07:12:56 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J34jA-00060L-41 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:12:56 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBE7CsBp020831 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:12:55 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lBE7CsF7020830 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:12:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:12:54 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20071214071254.GE20150@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <164187.49783.qm@web88302.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <164187.49783.qm@web88302.mail.re4.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:12:58 -0000 On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:40:23PM -0500, Michael S wrote: > Good evening all, > > I was wondering if anyone bought M. Lucas' new FreeBSD > book. How would you rate it? > I already have the first edition, is it worth the > money buying the second one? Is the first edition Lucas' "Absolute BSD", or was it also titled "Absolute FreeBSD"? From what I've seen on Amazon, it looks like Absolute FreeBSD is a follow-up to Absolute BSD. For the record . . . title changes for new editions like that annoy me. It can make it pretty difficult at times trying to determine whether or not I'm about to buy a duplicate. The switch from Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules to Intermediate Perl was another example of that sort of annoyance. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, to an RIAA executive: "Are you headed to junior high schools to round up the usual suspects?"