Description: The FreeBSD Handbook is the definitive FreeBSD tutorial and reference. This revised third edition has been expanded into a two Volume set filled with updated information on the latest FreeBSD technologies. This first volume provides step by step instructions and installing FreeBSD on a PC, setting up a graphical desktop environment, and installing additional third party software.
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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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Much Worse than the Second Edition,
This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook 3rd Edition, Vol. 1: User Guide (Paperback)
Let me sum it up for you briefly.
A. Despite Amazon's printed statements to the contrary, this book is not published by Walnut Creek. Its published by FreeBSD Mall Inc. B. Contrary to Amazon's description of the book, it doesn't ship with a FreeBSD installation CD, or any CD for that matter. C. The book has been split into 2 volumes, and if you buy this, what you're really getting is volume one, a.k.a. The user's guide. I suppose the Admin's guide is sold separately, though I don't know where. It certainly isn't here. In a nutshell, what you're getting if you put this in your shopping cart is the first half of the second edition minus the operating system CD. IMHO you should get the second edition. It may be dated, but at least it delivers as promised.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Much better resources can be found elsewhere,
This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook 3rd Edition, Vol. 1: User Guide (Paperback)
As noted by other reviews, this book is only half of the story. There is another guide titled: "The FreeBSD Handbook 3rd Edition, Volume II: Administrator's Guide" which you will also need to get all of the content available in the 2nd Edition. That said, you would do best to avoid both of these books and look to other sources of documentation. Most information can easily be found online but if you really like printed documentation (as I do), I would recommend a book like Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD which was just released. The FreeBSD Handbook has a number of typos, the index in back is awful, and the information is out-of-date (it is targeting FreeBSD 5.X).
7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginner to intermediate,
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This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook 3rd Edition, Vol. 1: User Guide (Paperback)
The FreeBSD Handbook is an essential book to have on the shelf of any FreeBSD user, administrator, or open source developer. It has everything one would need to get their FreeBSD system up and running, with examples and informative descriptions of all the various stages of setup. Covering things like installation, network setup, package selection and installation, multimedia (DVDs, CDs, mp3s) and even a whole chapter on Unix basics, for those who are new to the Unix environment. Overall an excellent book and a great reference too!
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- FreeBSD Handbook (2nd Edition) by Nik Clayton in Front Matter
- Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (2nd Edition) by William R. Cheswick in Back Matter
- Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective (v. 1) by Diomidis Spinellis in Back Matter
- Essential System Administration, Third Edition by Æleen Frisch in Back Matter
- Unix Network Programming by Stevens in Back Matter
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