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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!newsmaster From: andrew@asstdc.com.au (Andrew Ridge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: The Complete FreeBSD Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:45:25 GMT Organization: Assorted C Software Lines: 36 Message-ID: <33583fd0.8347359@news.asstdc.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: gus.asstdc.com.au X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/16.182 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39312 Hi all, As a relative newby to FreeBSD (and Unix in general), any texts I can lay my hands on to help me learn are well thumbed. I refer to the "offline" texts (/usr/share/doc/FAQ & /usr/share/doc/handbook) regularly, as well as giving the man pages a thorough workout. I also give my ISP, Michael Butler (imb@asstdc.com.au) a "thorough workout" at times, via email or phone, something for which I very very appreciative. I currently exist on two books - Unix Unleashed (SAMS Publishing) - tends to be very generic, but is a handy reference, and considering it's size (some 1600+ pages) makes a handy doorstop :-) The other book which has been handy is Greg Leahy's Installing and Running FreeBSD - thanks Greg! it's answered quite a few of my questions in a lot easier to read fashion than Unix Unleashed. I'm looking at purchasing Greg's other book, The Complete FreeBSD, from Walnut Creek (I'm damned if I can find it anywhere her in Sydney, Australia) Can anyone give me any comments on it? I've seen comments about one section that Greg got slightly wrong (xterm, page 99 I think it was) - other than that,would it be a wortwhile purchase? I'm not really worried about X Windows - my BSD box (a 386dx40 with 8MB) hasn't really got the grunt to run it quickly enough Any other suggestions about suitable books would also be well recieved. I tend to like books more than file based references. Thanks!!! Andrew