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Date:      Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:45:30 -0500
From:      JerryN <misnagid@usa.net>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Book recommendation (again)
Message-ID:  <1105933531.5108.31.camel@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20050117033012.GR47362@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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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
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