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My personal opinion:
As of this writing, this book is one of the best FreeBSD 6/7 paper resources available to users/sysadmins. Unlike most technical books, it doesn't put me to sleep, thanks to a dry sense of humor frequently injected by Lucas. There is a ton of fundamental FreeBSD OS information covering a lot of areas (identified in the product description, obviously). There are also several terse but useful primers for common protocols and services such as: TCP/IP, DNS, Apache httpd, MTAs, etc. Worth the $$. Enjoy. |
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Hopefully, Michael will migrate to this site. He had been a regular visitor over at BSDForums for the last four months or so, although he didn't post often. |
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i wish i had time to read some of these texts, i know there's some great ones out there.....
Can someone read it for me and give me the basic gist? |
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I found this book as a good introduction for semi advanced users to be honest. He covers a lot of subjects from ports management to kernel panics. With that said it is a great reference. Has most everything one would want to get a understanding of FBSD from a user perspective.
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The best resource I've ever read! It is very good as complementing the Handbook. The contents are very practice oriented and touches many aspects of FreeBSD user life. Either desktop or servers environments. It is really worth the $$$.
If somebody is interested in talk about this book, we can discuss it when you send the private message. |
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Yes something to consider, thanks
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I just ordered this book, so I'll post my opinion once I'm done. FreeBSD is a different animal than Linux.
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Does anyone have an opinion on which book to recommend to a FreeBSD newcomer: this one, or the Complete FreeBSD by Lehey?
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http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ Personally, I would go with Lucas' book. |
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I'd also reccomend Lucas' book. It's just excellent
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Personally, I would buy both if I was new ;-)
Then read'em cover to cover.
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