From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 25 05:54:49 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 42693DB9784 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:54:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elof.huang@runbox.com) Received: from aibo.runbox.com (aibo.runbox.com [91.220.196.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1243760A2 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elof.huang@runbox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=runbox.com; s=rbselector1; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To: MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:From:References:To:Subject; bh=TEhN9ixbQFmcURgpq95we11GFsxCHqKKGx+dykTJHJo=; b=TurVQ8RVDNBHilZOhB9trr6ylc JwYQYAtVo4XaUI25TxqxODy1596xsTVoW4o4JUtVv/CDvGDYBwBYrnRu9HSpvThWY1ZlBQ04gCmQJ B4n9DXGD+tU3s7Ox7Q6XJzB7CLjbdYQJ5h7QdcsoJFsuohKbFrOrimDBGYWL7YeYU2odv3CmOgtqV 2f8gKWgZTQaPiWMOfUb+/SSZyO68Az2K8SAsfz4K8KsFjLxPNdMjPfe4phlAZrZktSlcUiBGwoXYc 307gTTJnZ33w4LeZNldjUzrAIsbYBUk1wuN/YDNs3UDUYtRW+EvozL6BDl+aNY1gXUtjk4DSl/iNn OqOdmS4g==; Received: from [10.9.9.212] (helo=mailfront12.runbox.com) by mailtransmit03.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eITQL-0008MI-95 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 06:54:45 +0100 Received: from 114-25-202-137.dynamic-ip.hinet.net ([114.25.202.137] helo=[192.168.1.105]) by mailfront12.runbox.com with esmtpsa (uid:903425 ) (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) id 1eITQ2-0003GD-E2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 06:54:27 +0100 Subject: Re: What is the difference between online handbook and physical copies? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <24eaf387-a3cd-2b11-3dde-ccfc5cb89d48@ShaneWare.Biz> From: Elof Huang Message-ID: <52fb95b6-03ed-d370-55c9-0573bd42d8bb@runbox.com> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 13:54:20 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24eaf387-a3cd-2b11-3dde-ccfc5cb89d48@ShaneWare.Biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US 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 05:54:49 -0000 The *Official* handbook on the project site has already covered everything? On 11/25/2017 01:20 PM, Shane Ambler wrote: > 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. >