Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:45:30 -0500 From: JerryN <misnagid@usa.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Book recommendation (again) Message-ID: <1105933531.5108.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050117033012.GR47362@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041121082609.00bec6b0@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20041121160307.3b5123ee@ariel.office.volker.de> <20041121124010.P1330@april.chuckr.org> <p06200702be10cffee9a0@[192.168.1.102]> <20050117033012.GR47362@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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I don't really understand. The On Line Handbook really does explain it all as far as Configuring X.org for the desktop. On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 14:00 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 16 January 2005 at 21:25:44 -0500, Ted Goranson wrote: > > > > The online handbook wasn't helpful for my first problem. Complete > > FreeBSD, Absolute BSD, and Design and Implementation seem targeted > > toward admins and server setups. Am I wrong? > > I certainly wouldn't put it like that. Large parts of CFBSD address > desktop setups. Obviously with a name like that, it needs to address > servers too. And in all likelihood you'll find yourself running > servers sooner than you think. > > > As an example of the level needed, where I'm stuck is I don't know > > how to configure X from the incredibly primitive default setup. > > That's in there. > > Design and Implementation is a very different book. It doesn't do > server setup: it's for kernel software developers. A good book, but > presumably not what you're looking for. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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