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Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition Paperback – November 14, 2007

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FreeBSD—the powerful, flexible, and free Unix-like operating system—is the preferred server for many enterprises. But it can be even trickier to use than either Unix or Linux, and harder still to master.

Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition is your complete guide to FreeBSD, written by FreeBSD committer Michael W. Lucas. Lucas considers this completely revised and rewritten second edition of his landmark work to be his best work ever; a true product of his love for FreeBSD and the support of the FreeBSD community. Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition covers installation, networking, security, network services, system performance, kernel tweaking, filesystems, SMP, upgrading, crash debugging, and much more, including coverage of how to:

Use advanced security features like packet filtering, virtual machines, and host-based intrusion detection
Build custom live FreeBSD CDs and bootable flash
Manage network services and filesystems
Use DNS and set up email, IMAP, web, and FTP services for both servers and clients
Monitor your system with performance-testing and troubleshooting tools
Run diskless systems
Manage schedulers, remap shared libraries, and optimize your system for your hardware and your workload
Build custom network appliances with embedded FreeBSD
Implement redundant disks, even without special hardware
Integrate FreeBSD-specific SNMP into your network management system.

Whether you're just getting started with FreeBSD or you've been using it for years, you'll find this book to be the definitive guide to FreeBSD that you've been waiting for.

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Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer with extensive experience working with high-availability systems. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Absolute BSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate, and PGP & GPG, all from No Starch Press.

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Publisher : No Starch Press; Second edition (November 14, 2007)
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ISBN-10 : 1593271514
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Item Weight : 2.54 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.44 x 9 inches

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Still the Readable Reference that Potential BSDnistas Need to Own

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015

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I'm relatively new to *BSDs though I've used Linux since the early 1990s so I read the author reviews extensively before purchasing this book. Michael Lucas writes just like everyone says and make the topic easy to understand. I've purchased two other books written by the author on ZFS and Network Flow Analysis and he is consistent in style with each of these books. This is a large book and I'm only 25% through it though I must admit that I hop around a lot reading all the interesting topics so I might be half way. I will keep it as a reference and use the ZFS book for the software installation portion that this book covers which is to say the 3rd edition will be welcomed when published.

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Many topics too out of date, too much time spent off-topic

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Not sure tapes drives (for backups) need to be covered anymore, would have preferred more detail about what files/dirs outside /home are most important to backup. The chapter on printing is a joke, lpr is briefly covered, but no CUPS, filters, printing pdf and images, inkjets, color, etc. Printing from BSD is still in the dark ages compared to Windows, I really needed more printing info. Waaaay too much time is spent on Apache. If I want Apache info I'll buy an Apache book. Same with Sendmail. The time spent on Apache should have been devoted to printing. I don't mine if the author wants to add off-topic info, I'll skip those chapters. But I feel he's added non FreeBSD info at the expense of FreeBSD topics. There's no significant coverage of GPT, gpart, or ZFS. Too much time on fdisk, GPT is more useful now. No info on SSD's, they need to be used differently (4K blocks, TRIM). Too much time on fringe GEOM features. Reading the FreeBSD Handbook is a much better intro and value.

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Too much information that is useless to someone who just wants to get running. If you're an expert at FreeBSD, then this book is for you...

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I was harsh in my first reviewing. This is a good book written by a knowledgeable author but I am still cutting my teeth on FreeBSD and this is not a beginner's book. It has a lot of information but does require some intermediate knowledge of what is being discussed to get the most out of the book.

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Best book on FreeBSD out there

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I've read a few UNIX/freeBSD books and this one was the best. It had much more than just information about freeBSD however. There was good descriptions on how many basic computer services work.

Many of the books I've read had more quantity than quality, but this is definitely the opposite. It has everything you need to get a basic server up and running, along with a few other things.

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Great Book for Server Admin

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This book had a lot of what I already knew but it was a great add to my collection of books for BSD. It had some interesting things in it to help harden the server more than I already had it. It also gave me some tips of things I could do or add to the server to help me with some other htings I wanted to do, but couldn't remember the commands to get it done. Great Book

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Awesome book. Talks about far more interesting things then the other Linux books that I have read. Only giving it 4 as opposed to 5 because I haven't finished it yet. I absolutely plan to buy more books from this author.

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Wonderful book, great content - everything you need to know to start with FreeBSD

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Informative - with humour

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2008

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I abandoned Windows a few years ago for Linux, and so this book was quite accessible to me. That said, I think most people with more than a passing interest in computer systems will be able to glean much knowledge from this guide. It begins with a basic introduction to BSD and progressively works its way through installation, customizing, networks, security and upgrading, etc, to understanding almost everything you will need to know about running a fully functional BSD server. A book of Unix commands would be a useful companion.

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great book. although you could do with just the ...

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great book.although you could do with just the freebsd handbook available for free download from the freebsd website.

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Leicht veraltet, aber genial

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Inhaltlich gibt es dank der vorherigen Rezensionen kaum noch etwas zu sagen, aber da ich den Autor mag, werde ich halt auch noch ein paar Worte dazu sagen.

Eigentlich komme ich aus dem Linux-lager, wollte mich aber unbedingt mal in FreeBSD einlesen und mir wurde dieses Buch hier angeraten. Leider schon etwas angestaubt, aber da es nichts Besseres auf dem Markt gibt, hab ich mir dieses halt gebraucht gekauft.
Und was soll ich dazu sagen? Es hat sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt! Nachdem ich dieses Buch durchgelesen hatte, hab ich mir einen Server mit FreeBSD gebaut, ein weiterführendes Buch zu FreeBSD gekauft (Design and architecture of FreeBSD) und bin inzwischen Abonnent diverser FreeBSD-Mailinglisten. Einen Port hab ich auch schon eingereicht.
Das zeigt hoffentlich, welchen Einfluss dieses Buch auf mich hatte. Ich kann es nur jeder Person empfehlen, die sich in *BSD und Unix weiterbilden möchte!

Michael W. Lucas wurde gefragt, wann er denn eine aktualisierte Ausgabe von Absolute FreeBSD schreibt und seine Antwort war: "Das nächste Buch muss unbedingt Informationen zu ZFS beinhalten. Solang das noch nicht im Installer angeboten wird, hat es keinen Sinn mit einer neuen Version anzufangen".
Irgedwann im Oktober/November hat Allan Jude seine Patches eingereicht, die das jetzt ermöglichen. Sobald diese sich als stabil und zuverlässig erwiesen haben, können wir uns auf eine dritte Ausgabe freuen!

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Das Buch würde ich abonnieren

Reviewed in Germany on May 28, 2012

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Erstmal: Ich liebe den Humor des Autors. Es gibt da verschiedene Nuancen, man kann Sachthemen zu trocken oder unangebracht albern vermitteln, aber dieses Buch beweist, dass es auch ein Dazwischen gibt.

Zum Inhalt: Das Buch bildet eine solide Basis für FreeBSD-Einsteiger. Was nicht erklärt wird, ist z.B. die Funktionsweise der Shell, es ist also kein anspruchsloses Buch. Das ist aber auch gut so, da es darüber genügend andere Bücher gibt. Von der Installation zur Konfiguration und zu Updates wird alles beschrieben, womit ein Administrator in 90% der Fälle konfrontiert werden kann. Es verwundert mich daher nicht, dass viele dieses Buch zusammen mit dem FreeBSD Handbook nennen, wenn es darum geht, etwas über das Betriebssystem zu lernen.

Leider aktualisiert sich das Buch nicht selbst, sodass mein Exemplar immer noch FreeBSD 7 beschreibt ;)
Aber ich würde ohne schlechtes Gewissen sofort die nächste Auflage kaufen, wenn eine herauskommt. Auch die anderen Bücher des Autors kann man ruhigen Gewissens empfehlen.

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