From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 17:18:44 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 05FF116A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:18:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from april.chuckr.org (april.chuckr.org [66.92.151.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81AE243D41 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:18:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from april.chuckr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by april.chuckr.org (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iALHjpiY002090; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:45:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost)iALHjnSp002087; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:45:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) X-Authentication-Warning: april.chuckr.org: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:45:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Volker Kindermann In-Reply-To: <20041121160307.3b5123ee@ariel.office.volker.de> Message-ID: <20041121124010.P1330@april.chuckr.org> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041121082609.00bec6b0@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20041121160307.3b5123ee@ariel.office.volker.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: book recommendation...? 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: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:18:44 -0000 On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Volker Kindermann wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am looking for a good FreeBSD book recomendation > > that would over the 5.x series and be available in Barnes/Noble > > locally. > > I would recommend Michal Lucas' "Absolute BSD" from NoStarch Press. Only caveat is perhaps that it was written in 2002. I am surprised that the first book suggested *wasn't* this one: The Design & Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (McKusick & Neville-Neil). This bad boy is written for FreeBSD 5.2, which means (rather miraculously) that it's actually up to date, full of real life descriptions, and about as useful a book on Unix as you could possibly purchase. It rather depends on what sort of book you're going after, because this IS a rather academically oriented book ... it's not for beginners, it assumes you are a journeyman programmer. I loved it, best, highest recommendation. > > -volker > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------