From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Aug 4 6:23:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pmr.com (pmr.com [216.30.79.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A578337BB6B for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:23:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfagan@pmr.com) Received: from fagan (wiseman.pmr.com [10.1.0.22]) by pmr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA26421 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:23:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from sfagan@pmr.com) Message-ID: <04f001bffe16$c4612660$1600010a@pmr.com> From: "Steve Fagan" To: References: <20000804021449.18156.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com> <398ABCBC.8CF7AD30@uswest.net> Subject: Re: freebsd book Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:20:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_04ED_01BFFDEC.DB7A5580" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04ED_01BFFDEC.DB7A5580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I like the O'Reilly books too. I used Managing Usenet to setup = newsgroups for my company with no real problems. I've started = collecting their CD Bookshelf books. For $70, I get HTML books ( Six = Books) on a subject, like Unix (which includes the Powertools book) and = Networking (which includes Firewalls and DNS Book's). ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe Warner=20 To: Raymond Law=20 Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 7:53 AM Subject: Re: freebsd book 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.=20 Cheers=20 Joe=20 =20 Raymond Law wrote:=20 I have searched through the internet and found only=20 two FreeBSD books. They are Complete FreeBSD and=20 FreeBSD Handbook. How would you compare these two=20 books? Are there any others?=20 __________________________________________________=20 Do You Yahoo!?=20 Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.=20 http://invites.yahoo.com/=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message --=20 FreeBSD =3D The Power to Serve=20 ..Simply put =3D FreeBSD Rocks!=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_04ED_01BFFDEC.DB7A5580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I like the O'Reilly books too.  I = used=20 Managing Usenet to setup newsgroups for my company with no=20 real problems.  I've started collecting their CD Bookshelf=20 books.  For $70, I get HTML books ( Six Books) on a subject, like = Unix=20 (which includes the Powertools book) and Networking (which includes = Firewalls and DNS Book's).
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Joe = Warner=20
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 = 7:53=20 AM
Subject: Re: freebsd book

I have the Complete FreeBSD and The FreeBSD Handbook = (in=20 HTML).  Both of which are very good and I usually make sure to = consult=20 these before posting a question to any of the mailing lists or news=20 groups.  I  also have UNIX for Dummies, which I found very = helpful=20 for learning the UNIX basics and UNIX Power Tools by O'Reilly, this is = a=20 really great book that covers a wide range of topics and is a fairly = easy=20 read.  I happen to prefer the O'Reilly books.  O'Reilly = doesn't=20 really have any books that act as a UNIX do-all or UNIX bible.  = The=20 closest to this I've seen is UNIX Power Tools.  Most of their = books are=20 broken down by topic.  Example: If you're having problems setting = up an=20 Apache web server, Apache, The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly = will=20 probably provide a lot of useful information.  If you're just = starting=20 out with Perl programming, Learning Perl by O'Reilly would = probably fit=20 the bill.  O'Reilly is expected to write/publish a couple of BSD = specific=20 books in the future but I think it will be a long time before the = number of=20 O'Reilly BSD publications catches up with what they have for = Linux.  The=20 best approach I have found to obtaining useful information is not to = put all=20 your eggs in one basket.  Typically, I'll eventually resolve a = problem by=20 gleaning some information from my books, man pages, HOWTO files and = responses=20 I get from FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org and the news group=20 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc  I recommend that you consult any/all=20 documentation that you have in your personal library and on your = system before=20 posting to the mailing lists or news groups.=20

Cheers=20

Joe
 =20

Raymond Law wrote:=20

I have searched through the internet and = found only=20
two FreeBSD books.  They are Complete FreeBSD and =
FreeBSD=20 Handbook.  How would you compare these two
books?  Are = there=20 any others?=20

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