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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 system > installer, which has been extensively rewritten. The description in the > Handbook should cover you there. Actually, the Handbook is another good > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----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-----
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