From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 25 05:26:06 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8559DDB8F0D for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:26:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16586755B1 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:26:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ppp121-45-11-215.bras1.adl4.internode.on.net (HELO leader.local) ([121.45.11.215]) by ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 25 Nov 2017 15:50:54 +1030 Subject: Re: What is the difference between online handbook and physical copies? To: Elof Huang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Shane Ambler Message-ID: <24eaf387-a3cd-2b11-3dde-ccfc5cb89d48@ShaneWare.Biz> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:50:52 +1030 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-AU Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:26:06 -0000 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