From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 23 09:11:39 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 CD1ABA1C3EA for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:11:39 +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 59F7ADDF for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:11:39 +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 t9N9BX44017085 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:11:34 +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 t9N9BX44017085 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/t9N9BX44017085; 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> <5629F8CD.7030101@freebsd.org> From: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <5629F9C5.9060306@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:11:33 +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: <5629F8CD.7030101@freebsd.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hakstmFAirulJuOk6i2F58i6lLi1sImDn" 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 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 09:11:40 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --hakstmFAirulJuOk6i2F58i6lLi1sImDn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --hakstmFAirulJuOk6i2F58i6lLi1sImDn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWKfnFAAoJEABRPxDgqeTndZ4P/Ru9mPL/rHgvrueDp3QmA2aU c34QLLfQr8LnPLHUchCQsQHJg8rbCNVJSUS482eRmJWzPHzmmAPNl2+4q3I3ITou sVrT5vbO1n+wEK3XPl0mVZ385CuOqJOAyX95Rn0JmOyIZjRSws0GYOsOpDekBzYU k7ly3EVkIBCG8O8JWOYmBVTYPTnUYZlfZx/hjj9k8GR4Dg1835JLW51Ethy6l8UA hTuVfYPsMArw19HJusu2rMylueC5US7zwgcgxb8YY5YL+Z1cAa0m4StTLmjow4wl SHoaGTY6Z30uvVSKWgflgKUbReiJKBaUmwLnUx4PY4iNiWFC7NKUYDHFFZAMXI93 HQrI2Rt4wcbrzBHtKQGQwNcwBy84UALqAw+XdDhnMgQCWGQ60eC0YkNdqp+8I2ll 8wBM7F9vHGcZVOGC6pE+Yn1gU9yk5q/F8NWu6fb+sxv+/y30uxAqOnaOS6xOFJ6J HVbimRvd5hrfRsKLLtnwCdZBBFvGYEM42PhCFahUAqEBrsFDkLB1+NlOL0O2ByL9 ILg0fNyB/t7Bq7xdjTYFWXco0VhQJ72n5Zie3I5SoJUNXt+Ph7BwnlnGluii9UOb ctxUNYA9kb1LtvojLYq5/mdsLHGC0HXZXhoDLvZo623nc5QtYg64gamhKanViWCs nE3ONXE/umAQRBjz25fN =+pRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hakstmFAirulJuOk6i2F58i6lLi1sImDn--