Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 00:36:56 -0500 From: "Chauncey Smith" <csmith@ICDC.com> To: "Bzdik BSD" <bzdik@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Scott" <scottro@nyc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Book Suggestions for a newbie Message-ID: <01c1ac74$caf01500$3998f4d0@hackmasteer-2k>
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I've read that book but also would like to say I've found it very useful as a resource. it's the place to go for BSD questions and answers. I've also found it quite useful to have a couple of Unix books as well like the O'Reilly book Learning the Unix Operating system useful too. I find that due to the fact that I have stupid Unix questions that may or may not be found in a BSD book because it was over looked by the author as something I should really know but I don't because I've used other non Unix OS'S -----Original Message----- From: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: Bzdik BSD <bzdik@yahoo.com>; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Book Suggestions for a newbie >At 14:42 2002/02/02 -0800, Bzdik BSD wrote: >>--- Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > Scott >> >>The book (not Mr. Lehey himself) is outdated and overpriced. $60 for a >>book that is very good for FreeBSD 3.0 and below. >> >>Sucking up eh? > > ><snicker> Sure, why not? >Seriously, it's usually on ebay for under 20 dollars, and I'd have to argue >the fact that it's not useful for 4.x---for a total newbie, things might be >confusing as some things mentioned might be in different places, but still >the book is often the first place to start. > >There are also errata published monthly (at least) on freebsd-questions. > >Scott > > > >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! >>http://auctions.yahoo.com >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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