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Date:      Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:47:45 -0500
From:      "Denny Jodeit" <denny@jodeit.com>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Book Suggestions for a newbie
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Nik Clayton" <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>; "Mike Kanaly" <mike@worklife.com>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions for a newbie


> At 11:33 2002/02/02 +0000, Nik Clayton wrote:
> >[ 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.
> > >
> > > The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
> >
> >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.
>
>
> It's a great second book (after Ms. Anderson's excellent book).  Ms.
> Anderson's doesn't go that deeply into Apache or Samba (both of which, in
> my experience work fairly well out of the box) but is a great reference
for
> things that you figure you should know, but don't.  :)
>
> >You can get all of these online.  I recommend the BSDMall for these;
> >
> >     http://www.bsdmall.com/books.html
>
>
> I had the pleasure of meeting a few of those folks at LinuxWorld this
> week--you should buy from them if you can, they're very nice --hey, they
> gave me free stickers.  :)
>
> Scott Robbins


I'd like to add that I found Greg Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD an invaluable
reference guide. The book is published by Walnut Creek CDROM Books and
available at bsdmall, Borders, Amazon, etc.




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