> As for general un*x books that are not FreeBSD-specific, the
> single best one I've used is _Essential_System_Administration_ by
> Aeleen Frisch. As a newbie I found this book enormously helpful
> and well worth having.
My vote: _Unix Systems Administration Handbook_ by Nemeth et
alia.
Chris Hill wrote:
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Michael M. wrote:
[snip]
Any thoughts, advice, pointers? Anything I missed, especially any
general UNIX books that might go well with one of the above?
As for general un*x books that are not FreeBSD-specific, the single best
one I've used is _Essentia
David Stanford wrote:
"The Complete FreeBSD, 4th Ed." by Greg Lehey and "Absolute BSD" by
Michael Lucas are fantastic books, but are, unfortunately, a little
outdated. "BSD Hacks" is also an extremely useful book, but aimed more
at administrators looking to learn a few tricks of the trade. My
s
Kevin Kinsey wrote:
Michael M. wrote:
I've been using various Linux distros and OS X for a while now, and
Windows before those, and am interested in trying out FreeBSD. Call
me old fashioned, but as an engaged-but-non-technical user, I find it
really useful to have at least some accompanying
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Michael M. wrote:
[snip]
Any thoughts, advice, pointers? Anything I missed, especially any
general UNIX books that might go well with one of the above?
As for general un*x books that are not FreeBSD-specific, the single best
one I've used is _Essential_System_Administra
On 5/12/06, Michael M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been using various Linux distros and OS X for a while now, and
Windows before those, and am interested in trying out FreeBSD. Call me
old fashioned, but as an engaged-but-non-technical user, I find it
really useful to have at least some acco
Michael M. wrote:
I've been using various Linux distros and OS X for a while now, and
Windows before those, and am interested in trying out FreeBSD. Call me
old fashioned, but as an engaged-but-non-technical user, I find it
really useful to have at least some accompanying documentation in book
I've been using various Linux distros and OS X for a while now, and
Windows before those, and am interested in trying out FreeBSD. Call me
old fashioned, but as an engaged-but-non-technical user, I find it
really useful to have at least some accompanying documentation in book
form when embarki
