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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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Glad you all liked the book! I'm very happy with it myself. And no, I don't post often. I prefer email. Sorry, I'm of an older generation. I also prefer to avoid discussing my own work. I enjoy reading good reviews, I enjoy reading that people like the book, and I appreciate every sale, but I only reply when a post asks an interesting, unusual, or unique question. Answering every post or comment in a forum discussion about my own book quickly becomes a narcissistic hole with no bottom... |
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Now back to Absolute FreeBSD. I have it of course I think it is a very fine book. It is in some sense complementary to Absolute OpenBSD being somewhat more elementary and easier on reader. It also covers wider variety of topics most of which are relevant to any BSD users. OpenBSD users (NetBSD as well ) would definitely benefit from reading this book in spite of the fact that is formally written for FreeBSD. Although my favorite book when it comes to FreeBSD remains Graig's Complete FreeBSD your book is definitely must have. I also like Dry's 100 BSD Hacks. I read most of other books written for FreeBSD users ( I read the one about kernel hacking as well but that is really for another audience) but I did that in bookstores and I didn't feel compel to have them on my shelf.
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Thank you for making me spew my Pepsi all over my monitor. I needed to clean it anyway. Believe it or not, the success you get from writing a BSD book is pretty minimal. Yes, you get warm fuzzy feelings, a small (but highly educated and very intelligent) group of people know who you are and, if the book is printed on thin enough paper, you have a nearly infinite supply of toilet tissue... |
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Welcome! It can be a bit chaotic in here at times, but most of the regulars have had their shots.
You have a very loyal following here at this site. I have recommended Absolute OpenBSD to a number of people both here & elsewhere. |
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Well, I'm glad to see that nothing has gone to your head hehe.
Thanks for my chuckle of the day :-)
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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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