Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:50:52 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Elof Huang <elof.huang@runbox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the difference between online handbook and physical copies? Message-ID: <24eaf387-a3cd-2b11-3dde-ccfc5cb89d48@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <dd875a2c-15b2-a180-6a8c-8fc6e81f39d2@runbox.com> References: <dd875a2c-15b2-a180-6a8c-8fc6e81f39d2@runbox.com>
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On 25/11/2017 14:24, Elof Huang wrote: > Hello, I am new to FreeBSD, why does the mall have several different > FreeBSD books, but there is only one handbook on the site? Do the > physical books cover extra contents? freebsdmall.com is not an official FreeBSD store, it is run by users to help other users and to help the project by giving back profits from the sales. At freebsdmall.com there is an old copy of part of the FreeBSD Handbook. This book (both vols combined) is a printed version of the official FreeBSD Handbook available at FreeBSD.org - just an older version than what is on the site today. The FreeBSD Mastery books are written by Michael W Lucas, while he is a BSD user and his books are highly recommended, they are not official documentation from any of the BSD projects. He has other titles available on his site - tiltedwindmillpress.com Each of these books gives advanced information on one specific topic, like ssh or zfs but they don't cover an entire system in one book. The BSD magazine is another third party publication that is originally from bsdmag.org freebsdfoundation.org/journal is an official magazine from the FreeBSD Foundation. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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