From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 23 09:07:47 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0FDA1C338 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:07:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "infracaninophile.co.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18801BB2 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:07:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@freebsd.org) Received: from ox-dell39.ox.adestra.com (no-reverse-dns.metronet-uk.com [85.199.232.226] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id t9N97Xpo016986 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:07:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@freebsd.org) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none header.from=freebsd.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk t9N97Xpo016986 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/t9N97Xpo016986; dkim=none; dkim-atps=neutral X-Authentication-Warning: lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host no-reverse-dns.metronet-uk.com [85.199.232.226] (may be forged) claimed to be ox-dell39.ox.adestra.com Subject: Re: Best recommended comprehensive book for newbie to learn FreeBSD in 2015? Michael Lucas? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20151023081818.D954DD56EE@emkei.cz> From: Matthew Seaman X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <5629F8CD.7030101@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:07:25 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ash7BnhaRFi1TRoXxtjwcNSW4D1d8JgL1" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.7 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:07:47 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --ash7BnhaRFi1TRoXxtjwcNSW4D1d8JgL1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/23/15 09:24, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 1:18 AM, John via freebsd-questions < > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 >> I like author Michael Lucas, but his latest such book, Absolute FreeBS= D >> was released back in 2007, quite a bit of time ago. I wonder if it is = still >> my best source, or, perhaps, anything newer has been released with a >> similar approach, depth, and humor? >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >=20 > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321968972?keywords=3Dfreebsd&qid=3D14= 45588293&ref_=3Dsr_1_1&s=3Dbooks&sr=3D1-1 >=20 > The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edit= ion) > 2nd Edition > by Marshall Kirk McKusick (Author), George V. Neville-Neil (Author), Ro= bert > N.M. Watson (Author) This is certainly comprehensive, but it isn't for newbies, and it doesn't teach you how to operate a FreeBSD system -- it teaches you how to write the FreeBSD kernel. > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692452354?keywords=3Dfreebsd&qid=3D14= 45588293&ref_=3Dsr_1_3&s=3Dbooks&sr=3D1-3 >=20 > FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS (IT Mastery) (Volume 7) Paperback =E2=80=93 May 16= , 2015 > by Michael W Lucas (Author), Allan Jude (Author) Much more accessible to a beginner, but concentrating on the use of ZFS. > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692343202?keywords=3Dfreebsd&qid=3D14= 45588293&ref_=3Dsr_1_5&s=3Dbooks&sr=3D1-5 >=20 > FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials (IT Mastery) (Volume 4) Paperback =E2= =80=93 > November 28, 2014 > by Michael W Lucas (Author) Similarly more accessible, but again focussing in on a specific part of the system. > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593272049?keywords=3Dfreebsd&qid=3D14= 45588293&ref_=3Dsr_1_4&s=3Dbooks&sr=3D1-4 >=20 > FreeBSD Device Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid 1st Edition > by Joseph Kong (Author) This is, like the Design and Implementation book, aimed at people who want to write device drivers. It's not an introduction to the OS from a user's or administrator's point of view. Although Michael Lucas' "Absolute BSD" is a few years old nowadays, it's still a good choice for an introductory text. The contents of the book will still be largely relevant today -- there haven't been any revolutionary changes in most of the system, but there will have been a lot of changes in various details. One exception to that is the system installer, which has been extensively rewritten. The description in the Handbook should cover you there. Actually, the Handbook is another good all round fit for your requirements. My advice: read Absolute BSD and the Handbook, then grab yourself a VM or some such and get stuck in. Give yourself an objective, like: set up an instance of Wordpress with php-fpm and nginx, trying to secure it as well as possible and test-publish some articles. [Just an example -- choose whatever seems most relevant to you.] Use Google or ask questions here for anything that causes you difficulties as you're going along. Then throw away all your initial attempts and start again from scratch, applying what you've learnt, to set up something more permanent.= You may also find material on the BSD Certification site useful: http://www.bsdcertification.org/ and http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/Table_of_Contents.html Cheers, Matthew --ash7BnhaRFi1TRoXxtjwcNSW4D1d8JgL1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWKfjVAAoJEABRPxDgqeTndrQQALQYuklRM+02bnT4uL/v3uOV 0HnsHTn3iSc7T/FRUP11WonUkYbIXsMxHxdvD0g3w+BJOfVLSfvthqJCIzo4wgTn tp326ZX2U8uUqqJeqBS6zw9JXm+k9pCp9nX/xuBOE5wvDyEtgQ06SwybDrvGHGtI 4Lb0+iFXUfDwDaT2kof4p1J4Ojk6v/4llum4A1HGgPTX4r2Yiyt2yDYRch2GKe5I 3bCXn0lGdYuR9XeFShm6uwHYkTM0xOF7ivZjc3as6tO2RblLDxiKQbVR4IdLCOjR zps3nNj+ZxJZoA7dFgJyorhcEwVACIkRHlozBmTS3/mKSkPp1p0Z2DNRRTrAWTHX GBkCmFHmr4HhHlVRmukJ+H/Xk956hNyrvhrQIHj5WZl5+A1LrNs9JQEwGEMhuA+r jSwrHcr69RzCGQtJs3fLhILW4E0Haer8IeCIe9oTbRIGRR6Oipja1OZ6leSzIbhQ eRz90dI5hkiAPEbyArp1LBpeVbZZ81b20U7EZ1DOAsIq5JEiv5bYl1X610zAcC3N dsMrJvdfslvX5YF38iThl/v52z4HoGJG0HRJjwW0D3zdPExvKb2x80RPTvMn2zqB nqd8k35pmbg+2Nv56a3n9tKL5CoWjQUoqxcvF5Ou/75qCOQpTAiYKjhy7wolHXsA iDKki1mD6a99J65+aX7M =Each -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ash7BnhaRFi1TRoXxtjwcNSW4D1d8JgL1--