From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 08:47:26 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1827316A418 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C8C13C4E7 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:47:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id lBE8lGDf037764; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:47:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Joshua Isom" , "Chad Perrin" Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:48:19 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: RE: Absolute FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:47:26 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Joshua Isom > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:46 PM > To: Chad Perrin > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD > > > > On Dec 14, 2007, at 1:12 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > For the record . . . title changes for new editions like that annoy me. > > It can make it pretty difficult at times trying to determine whether or > > not I'm about to buy a duplicate. The switch from Learning Perl > > Objects, > > References, and Modules to Intermediate Perl was another example of > > that > > sort of annoyance. > > > > Perhaps you should look in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/pod, which from > my experience, has been better than any book I've ever seen for perl. > Try running `perldoc perlintro` and `perldoc perllol`. With exceptions > such as "old standard" languages, most free documentation that comes > with the interpreter/compiler tends to be better than any book. A > print out of perl's documentation would be far more valuable than > almost any perl book on the market. > > Although I haven't looked much into any FreeBSD book, I wouldn't be > surprised at all if FreeBSD's documentation combined with > freebsd-questions would outweigh it. > It's not the raw knowledge that is the power. It's the presentation. Newbies cannot digest the FreeBSD docs since the docs assume the user isn't a newbie. Ted No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 9:15 AM