From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 18 00:23:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA05682 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:23:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line14.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA05677 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:23:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA00460; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:22:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:22:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jeff Roberts cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List Subject: Re: FreeBSD books In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote: > > I already ordered "DNS & BIND" and was going to order "The Complete > > FreeBSD", but it's released in 1996 and I am wondering is it still > > "up-to-date"? > > > > Also -- is *The Complete FreeBSD* just the Handbook? I would like to buy > some *current* books on FreeBSD. However, I think I heard/read somewhere > that everything in the book is already on FreeBSD.org -- does it add > significant coverage? Fairly so. Large parts of the Handbook are massaged and appear in _The Complete FreeBSD_. There are some original sections, and half of it is man pages. I bought it more for historical value; I personally turn to the Handbook first. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo