FreeBSD weakness.

[Lloyd Hayes]

In reading the reviews, the book/CD set got the most praise. However,
from the reviews, it sounds like it needs to be updated.

Lloyd Hayes

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j.e.drews at att.net wrote:

>Hi Lloyd:
>
> I heartily recommend "FreeBSD: An Open-Source OS for your PC". by Annelise Anderson
>http://www.bsdmall.com/freebosforyo.html
>This is the book for absolute beginners. If you think a port is a place where ships
>dock and bash is a goth discoteque dance, then this is the book you should be reading.
>
>The next great resource are the tutorials by Dru Lavigne:
>FreeBSD Basics
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15
>Whether judged by pedagogic, technical or literary standards, Dru's articles are
>works of high perfection.
>
>Finally, I recommend getting Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD". The book is a
>great resource for technical details about FreeBSD 5.X. I found the sections on TCP/IP 
>and the etc file system to be very helpfully.
>
>        HTH
>        Jonathan
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>>I finally decided that I needed to get more information on FreeBSD. I 
>>got it up and running, then I did something else and I start getting 
>>errors again....
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>>So I just ordered 3 books on FreeBSD from Amazon. In most of the reviews 
>>posted there about the books, people were complaining about weak 
>>documentation, too much information about things that they were not 
>>interested in, and errors in the in the books which seems to be the most 
>>common complaint. In my very short recent history with FreeBSD, I've 
>>formed the opinion that documenting FreeBSD is it's greatest weakness. 
>>FreeBSD needs someone who can actually type to write a good book for 
>>beginners who have never seen UNIX code. A book is needed with examples 
>>that actually WORK! Examples that are explained in plain English. There 
>>seems to be very few books on FreeBSD around.
>>
>>I have decided that it is a very good operating system which I need to 
>>learn more about. And yes, I have all of the links that everyone sent 
>>me. Thanks for all of the info.
>>
>>-- 
>>
>>Lloyd Hayes
>>
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