Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:22:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD books Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970718002156.283R-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.3.95.970715225704.41B-100000@warp4>
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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
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