Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:42:06 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: any good books? Message-ID: <009601bfc97c$1732dc00$95a093cb@timberwolf> References: <000501bfc8f2$e3ea30c0$cedda4d8@leegold1>
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Heh, at least on Unix you have the man pages which you can try to squint at and make sense of, as opposed to windows where the only help you ever get is a dialogue box saying ask your administrator... ----- Original Message ----- From: leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 8:20 AM Subject: Re: any good books? > imo, i have not seen any what i would call good documentation for fbsd (and > linux) for the neophyte. of course it could be that i am stupid and do not > have the mental capacity to understand the documentation (of course it > would help if walnut creek had not sent me ver 4.0 w/the complete bsd book - > since their are signbificant changes in the install from 3.x.x ), but all > documentation i see assumes sysadmin level knowledge. plus most levels of > conversation also assumes pro level knowledge. > > plus, most doucumentation and support i hsve seen so far in the open/fee > software realm is either incomplete ( sometimes only a cheesy/lazily written > readme.txt), or assumes some mystic divination on the part of the user > again maybe i'm just stupid), or prof/ sysadmin knowledge. > > So in a nutshell, i think there there are NO good intro books on any flavor > of x86 unix.. they all suck - i can't fathom any of the hundred or so i've > seen on linux or freebsd. > > when documenting try a tree stucture, then any of the deviations of the path > will take care of themselves - naw -that would make to much sense. > > guess i must be a stupid mofo. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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