From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 19 18:23:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 036D116A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:23:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp014.mail.yahoo.com (smtp014.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4A9043D1F for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO yahoo.com) (wyoming?antelope@63.170.163.146 with plain) by smtp014.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Jun 2004 18:23:39 -0000 Message-ID: <40D484A2.2080602@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:23:30 -0600 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD weakness. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:23:53 -0000 I finally decided that I needed to get more information on FreeBSD. I got it up and running, then I did something else and I start getting errors again.... So I just ordered 3 books on FreeBSD from Amazon. In most of the reviews posted there about the books, people were complaining about weak documentation, too much information about things that they were not interested in, and errors in the in the books which seems to be the most common complaint. In my very short recent history with FreeBSD, I've formed the opinion that documenting FreeBSD is it's greatest weakness. FreeBSD needs someone who can actually type to write a good book for beginners who have never seen UNIX code. A book is needed with examples that actually WORK! Examples that are explained in plain English. There seems to be very few books on FreeBSD around. I have decided that it is a very good operating system which I need to learn more about. And yes, I have all of the links that everyone sent me. Thanks for all of the info. -- Lloyd Hayes Email: wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com/