From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat May 27 5:47:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.x-treme.gr (mail2.x-treme.gr [212.120.196.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD78C37BA6F for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 05:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (pat8.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.200]) by mail2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.2) with SMTP id PAA24651 for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 15:46:57 +0300 Received: (qmail 11338 invoked by uid 1000); 27 May 2000 09:42:39 -0000 Message-ID: <20000527094239.11337.qmail@hades.hell.gr> From: "Giorgos Keramidas" Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 12:42:39 +0300 To: Bryan Otteson Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any good books? Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <008e01bfc771$b8d40dc0$2eb58dd0@arescomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <008e01bfc771$b8d40dc0$2eb58dd0@arescomputer>; from ares@ida.net on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 05:23:02PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bryan Otteson wrote: > Are there any good books on just simple how-to stuff like configuring > a printer, or finding out what the printer files are and how to manipulate > them, or finding where your modem is and configuring? Yes, of course. I found Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" to be of great value during my first steps into FreeBSD. Of course, there are a zillion books out there on learning Unix, and most of the Unix stuff you'll get to know apply to FreeBSD too. Then, there is the FreeBSD handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ and the FreeBSD FAQ. The manpages of FreeBSD are also a good resource when looking for something you don't know about. Search them with: % man -k WORD when you want to see which manpages contain WORD, or read the manpage for a specific command, with % man COMMAND Last, but not least, the archives of the mailing lists in freebsd.org are one of the best places to look for answers to your questions, since we all ask the same questions while we're learning our way around BSD. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~keramida/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message