The FreeBSD Handbook [Paperback]

Jim Mock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1999

The FreeBSD Handbook comes with the full FreeBSD Operating System on 1 CDROM. FreeBSD is a powerful, professional quality UNIX-compatible operating system.

The FreeBSD Handbook is a comprehensive FreeBSD tutorial and reference. It covers installation, day-to-day use of FreeBSD, and much more, such as the Ports collection, creating a custom kernel, security topics, the X Window System, how to use FreeBSD's Linux binary compatibility, and how to upgrade your system from source using the "make world" command, to name a few.

This Handbook is produced by the FreeBSD Documentation Project, a volunteer organization made up of hundreds of people cooperating over the Internet. It is written by people that use FreeBSD everyday, and are most familiar with it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 489 pages
• Publisher: Walnut Creek; 1st edition (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571762418
• ISBN-13: 978-1571762412
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,248,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > BSD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty much useless, January 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook (Paperback)

A technical reference book without an index is pretty much useless. It's almost false advertising to call this a "handbook". Even if it did have an index, it would remain a lightweight manual. For example, almost 50% of the (thin) chapter on installing FreeBSD is simply a list of supported hardware. "The Complete FreeBSD" is MUCH better value.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't have picked a better book!, June 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook (Paperback)

I assumed that after years of using Windows, the move to UNIX would be somewhat painful....I was wrong. With the help of this handbook I was able to install FreeBSD the first time with no trouble! The manual didn't leave me hanging there. Very detailed descriptions of basic UNIX utilities and filestructures were invaluable.

The FreeBSD Handbook took me step by step through the entire boot process from the boot blocks to the shutdown sequence. Chapters covering user account management were also extremly easy to read and chock full of useful information. Even complex topics (for a newbie) such as configuring the kernal and various security issues were a snap.

Anyone would be doing him/herself a great service by using the Free BSD Handbook.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must have for SysAdmin's, September 1, 2000

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Steve B. (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The FreeBSD Handbook (Paperback)

After I got this book I scaned it and thought it looked only looked okay. At work thirty FreeBSD machines appeared for users and we had to get them setup and locked down fast. The security and other sections of the book not only showed us what we needed, but other options. FreeBSD Rocks, and so does this book. The only drawback is lack of a index.