From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 03:45:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C70316A4CE; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmsout02.mbox.net (cmsout02.mbox.net [165.212.64.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55F743D31; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from misnagid@usa.net) Received: from cmsout02.mbox.net (cmsout02.mbox.net [165.212.64.32]) by cmsout02.mbox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22C94C865; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from uadvg130.cms.usa.net [165.212.11.130] by cmsout02.mbox.net via smtad (C8.MAIN.3.21U); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:33 GMT X-USANET-Source: 165.212.11.130 IN misnagid@usa.net uadvg130.cms.usa.net X-USANET-MsgId: XID621JaqDtI1526X02 Received: from 192.168.1.100 [68.41.5.167] by uadvg130.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/misnagid@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.21E) with ESMTP id 571JaqDtf0473M30; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:31 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 68.41.5.167 AUTH misnagid@usa.net 192.168.1.100 From: JerryN To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey In-Reply-To: <20050117033012.GR47362@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041121082609.00bec6b0@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20041121160307.3b5123ee@ariel.office.volker.de> <20041121124010.P1330@april.chuckr.org> <20050117033012.GR47362@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:45:30 -0500 Message-Id: <1105933531.5108.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Z-USANET-MsgId: XID571JaqDtf0473X30 cc: Ted Goranson cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Book recommendation (again) X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: misnagid@usa.net List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:45:35 -0000 I don't really understand. The On Line Handbook really does explain it all as far as Configuring X.org for the desktop. On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 14:00 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 16 January 2005 at 21:25:44 -0500, Ted Goranson wrote: > > > > The online handbook wasn't helpful for my first problem. Complete > > FreeBSD, Absolute BSD, and Design and Implementation seem targeted > > toward admins and server setups. Am I wrong? > > I certainly wouldn't put it like that. Large parts of CFBSD address > desktop setups. Obviously with a name like that, it needs to address > servers too. And in all likelihood you'll find yourself running > servers sooner than you think. > > > As an example of the level needed, where I'm stuck is I don't know > > how to configure X from the incredibly primitive default setup. > > That's in there. > > Design and Implementation is a very different book. It doesn't do > server setup: it's for kernel software developers. A good book, but > presumably not what you're looking for. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers.