Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:52 +0100 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD Message-ID: <20071214115752.20d34fae@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEDGCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <c442a45ccb4c1ba145f470896d0ad2a5@gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEDGCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:48:19 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Joshua Isom > > Although I haven't looked much into any FreeBSD book, I wouldn't be > > surprised at all if FreeBSD's documentation combined with > > freebsd-questions would outweigh it. > > It's not the raw knowledge that is the power. It's the presentation. > Newbies cannot digest the FreeBSD docs since the docs assume the > user isn't a newbie. Right! One can't emphasize this enough. IMHO, computer books should be time savers, i.e. a guide highlighting the most important aspects of some topic in a unique way. Authors of such books shouldn't be afraid to tell readers to go RTFM after presenting an overview... unless it's a very narrowly focused book. A good tutorial beats a 350 pages book anytime; and a 350 pages book with the right mix of selected topics beats an 800+ pages "reference-style" all-rounder book as well, most of the time. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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