From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Feb 2 3:57:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (pc-62-31-42-140-hy.blueyonder.co.uk [62.31.42.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D19337B405; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 03:57:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g12BXFa12607; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 11:33:15 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 11:33:14 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Mike Kanaly Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Book Suggestions for a newbie Message-ID: <20020202113314.B5732@clan.nothing-going-on.org> References: <000a01c1abbd$b654e470$6401a8c0@racerx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K8nIJk4ghYZn606h" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000a01c1abbd$b654e470$6401a8c0@racerx>; from mike@worklife.com on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:46:06PM -0800 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ At last -- a post that's on topic ] On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:46:06PM -0800, Mike Kanaly wrote: > I'm wondering which books would be best in explaining what I need from > freebsd. I'm a newbie, and I'm planning on using freebsd to serve some > webpages, provide ftp/ssh access, meanwhile be accessible on my Windows > network/workgroup.=20 > =20 > I've looked over some options as far as setup goes and all that, and I > think I'm going to go with the following: =20 > =20 > The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide=20 Is probably too advanced for your needs. It might be useful if you're planning on using FreeBSD on a larger network with many Windows machines (at which point it's invaluable). > FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd Ed. You can read this on the web at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ and then decide whether or not you need the dead-tree edition :-) A book I can personally recommend is Annelise Anderson's FreeBSD: An Open Source Operating System for your computer It's probably right up your street. I've also heard good things about "FreeBSD Unleashed", which is a much heavier tome. I haven't read it though, so I don't know how 'newbie friendly' it is. You can get all of these online. I recommend the BSDMall for these; http://www.bsdmall.com/books.html N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ (__) FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ \\\'',) \/ \= ^ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- .\._/= _) --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjxbznoACgkQk6gHZCw343XVZACeM0mN2FDM3UUYsKhmdqeNZ4xC yvAAn1fTTahNAqPmyNxJqMHP2wh9XEIS =2DnY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message