Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 06:53:16 -0600 From: Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net> To: Raymond Law <rayvinly@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd book Message-ID: <398ABCBC.8CF7AD30@uswest.net> References: <20000804021449.18156.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com>
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--------------09889648B659C83E63BE5EE9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have the Complete FreeBSD and The FreeBSD Handbook (in HTML). Both of which are very good and I usually make sure to consult these before posting a question to any of the mailing lists or news groups. I also have UNIX for Dummies, which I found very helpful for learning the UNIX basics and UNIX Power Tools by O'Reilly, this is a really great book that covers a wide range of topics and is a fairly easy read. I happen to prefer the O'Reilly books. O'Reilly doesn't really have any books that act as a UNIX do-all or UNIX bible. The closest to this I've seen is UNIX Power Tools. Most of their books are broken down by topic. Example: If you're having problems setting up an Apache web server, Apache, The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly will probably provide a lot of useful information. If you're just starting out with Perl programming, Learning Perl by O'Reilly would probably fit the bill. O'Reilly is expected to write/publish a couple of BSD specific books in the future but I think it will be a long time before the number of O'Reilly BSD publications catches up with what they have for Linux. The best approach I have found to obtaining useful information is not to put all your eggs in one basket. Typically, I'll eventually resolve a problem by gleaning some information from my books, man pages, HOWTO files and responses I get from FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org and the news group comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc I recommend that you consult any/all documentation that you have in your personal library and on your system before posting to the mailing lists or news groups. Cheers Joe Raymond Law wrote: > I have searched through the internet and found only > two FreeBSD books. They are Complete FreeBSD and > FreeBSD Handbook. How would you compare these two > books? Are there any others? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD = The Power to Serve ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! --------------09889648B659C83E63BE5EE9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> I have the Complete FreeBSD and The FreeBSD Handbook (in HTML). Both of which are very good and I usually make sure to consult these before posting a question to any of the mailing lists or news groups. I also have UNIX for Dummies, which I found very helpful for learning the UNIX basics and UNIX Power Tools by O'Reilly, this is a really great book that covers a wide range of topics and is a fairly easy read. I happen to prefer the O'Reilly books. O'Reilly doesn't really have any books that act as a UNIX do-all or UNIX bible. The closest to this I've seen is UNIX Power Tools. Most of their books are broken down by topic. Example: If you're having problems setting up an Apache web server, <i>Apache, The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly</i> will probably provide a lot of useful information. If you're just starting out with Perl programming, <i>Learning Perl by O'Reilly</i> would probably fit the bill. O'Reilly is expected to write/publish a couple of BSD specific books in the future but I think it will be a long time before the number of O'Reilly BSD publications catches up with what they have for Linux. The best approach I have found to obtaining useful information is not to put all your eggs in one basket. Typically, I'll eventually resolve a problem by gleaning some information from my books, man pages, HOWTO files and responses I get from FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org and the news group comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc I recommend that you consult any/all documentation that you have in your personal library and on your system before posting to the mailing lists or news groups. <p>Cheers <p>Joe <br> <p>Raymond Law wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I have searched through the internet and found only <br>two FreeBSD books. They are Complete FreeBSD and <br>FreeBSD Handbook. How would you compare these two <br>books? Are there any others? <p>__________________________________________________ <br>Do You Yahoo!? <br>Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. <br><a href="http://invites.yahoo.com/">http://invites.yahoo.com/</a>; <p>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <br>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message</blockquote> <p>-- <p> FreeBSD = The Power to Serve <br> ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! <br> </html> --------------09889648B659C83E63BE5EE9-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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