From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 06:48:10 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 E3B2C16A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:48:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp011.mail.yahoo.com (smtp011.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D960943D41 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:48:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO yahoo.com) (wyoming?antelope@204.95.13.58 with plain) by smtp011.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jun 2004 06:47:50 -0000 Message-ID: <40D68487.6010305@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:47:35 -0600 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: j.e.drews@att.net, FreeBSD Org References: <062020040130.7425.40D4E8A30001617300001D0121612436469C990A9D0BD20AD206@att.net> In-Reply-To: <062020040130.7425.40D4E8A30001617300001D0121612436469C990A9D0BD20AD206@att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD weakness. 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: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:48:11 -0000 In reading the reviews, the book/CD set got the most praise. However, from the reviews, it sounds like it needs to be updated. Lloyd Hayes Email: wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com/ j.e.drews@att.net wrote: >Hi Lloyd: > > I heartily recommend "FreeBSD: An Open-Source OS for your PC". by Annelise Anderson >http://www.bsdmall.com/freebosforyo.html >This is the book for absolute beginners. If you think a port is a place where ships >dock and bash is a goth discoteque dance, then this is the book you should be reading. > >The next great resource are the tutorials by Dru Lavigne: >FreeBSD Basics >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 >Whether judged by pedagogic, technical or literary standards, Dru's articles are >works of high perfection. > >Finally, I recommend getting Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD". The book is a >great resource for technical details about FreeBSD 5.X. I found the sections on TCP/IP >and the etc file system to be very helpfully. > > HTH > Jonathan > > > > > >>I finally decided that I needed to get more information on FreeBSD. I >>got it up and running, then I did something else and I start getting >>errors again.... >> >>So I just ordered 3 books on FreeBSD from Amazon. In most of the reviews >>posted there about the books, people were complaining about weak >>documentation, too much information about things that they were not >>interested in, and errors in the in the books which seems to be the most >>common complaint. In my very short recent history with FreeBSD, I've >>formed the opinion that documenting FreeBSD is it's greatest weakness. >>FreeBSD needs someone who can actually type to write a good book for >>beginners who have never seen UNIX code. A book is needed with examples >>that actually WORK! Examples that are explained in plain English. There >>seems to be very few books on FreeBSD around. >> >>I have decided that it is a very good operating system which I need to >>learn more about. And yes, I have all of the links that everyone sent >>me. Thanks for all of the info. >> >>-- >> >>Lloyd Hayes >> >>Email: wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com >>URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com >>E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 >>Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com/ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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" >> >> > > >