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Date:      Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:11:33 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best recommended comprehensive book for newbie to learn FreeBSD in 2015? Michael Lucas?
Message-ID:  <5629F9C5.9060306@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <5629F8CD.7030101@freebsd.org>
References:  <20151023081818.D954DD56EE@emkei.cz> <CAOgwaMundBGAqLP4mhokG9EjRsyfSUX8-DQBDpzqs5PoTUUo=Q@mail.gmail.com> <5629F8CD.7030101@freebsd.org>

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On 10/23/15 10:07, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 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 syste=
m
> installer, which has been extensively rewritten.  The description in th=
e
> Handbook should cover you there.  Actually, the Handbook is another goo=
d
> all round fit for your requirements.

Errr... of course there was all the switchover from pkg_tools to pkg(8)
that also happened during that time.  That's a pretty revolutionary
change which completely skipped my mind.  Sad really, since I was
somewhat involved in doing that.

	Matthew



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