From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 10:57:56 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 BD0E116A481 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621CE13C442 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6D1E0709; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:54 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:52 +0100 From: cpghost To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Message-ID: <20071214115752.20d34fae@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Cordula's Web X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 10:57:56 -0000 On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:48:19 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" 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/