From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 2 17:13:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net (hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776A637B719 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:13:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jallen@aviating.com) Received: from aviating.com (pool0243.cvx36-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [216.244.18.243]) by hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08960 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:13:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3AA04530.59C33A03@aviating.com> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:13:20 -0800 From: Slim Organization: none X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Books References: <010301c0a37a$3e940700$1000a8c0@vnet.vorrix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Everyone says they are. I recently got FreeBSD running, at least to the prompt. I have the Complete FreeBSD, and a bunch of stuff off the website. There is an area "for people new to FreeBSD and Unix", which cleared up a few mysteries. Roaming around the FreeBSD.org pages for a few weeks will, too. I have no Unix background whatsoever and frankly, it's a bit like buying a book and sitting down to learn French, not ever having heard any of it spoken, but, hey, if it was easy... C'est la vie! Jim Allen > Steffen Vorrix wrote: > > Can someone tell me about good freebsd books to buy. I have been to > the web site and read the freebsd handbook there. That seems to be a > very good source of information, but I find that I can read material > easier if I have the information bound in front of me. I also > subscribe to a few mailing lists, but as a Windows guy in a previous > life, getting all of the subtleties of FreeBSD is a little > challenging. I am interested in learing about home and corporate > use. I have seen The Complete FreeBSD and The FreeBSD Handbook, as > well as The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide. Does anyone own > these, and are they any good? The reviews of the first two books tend > be good, although both also tend to suggest the books are dated. I am > sure that I can find plenty of information on the web, but a good > reference starter book available at the fingertips would be a great > help. > > Steffen Vorrix > steffen@vorrix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message