From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 13:43:33 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 9F80F16A41A for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:43:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msherman77@yahoo.com) Received: from web88307.mail.re4.yahoo.com (web88307.mail.re4.yahoo.com [216.39.53.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5999813C46B for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:43:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msherman77@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 52672 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Dec 2007 13:43:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=X/SjCSvvVT5kKKOXOJHmvn1ag8zQ2XjmCj3M6k2uppleIyTAjNYO7lG2RlNPWotZw5MIUkCQLCZTIpOB9ncrwrG6zlXsLLZIuVH964v5g1NHLOjZH31Y37zJNz8Nhs8YtbZO+221nZysHUlQLXUx56j9IfBHJBsOU3GB6t9Ku90=; X-YMail-OSG: NQqNIQEVM1mYQp3OK.OMSZyyMXh.iuJXSLlaXESkyrX21lfl3NL4JS6uTeF72xHIQy34pAeZu3ge2aCZcw94O3OZFJoZaJFKrWGLOUG2B.ql2RAx5Fs- Received: from [99.235.10.146] by web88307.mail.re4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:43:32 EST Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:43:32 -0500 (EST) From: Michael S To: Ted Mittelstaedt , FreeBSD Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <492357.52298.qm@web88307.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Cc: 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 13:43:33 -0000 The authors never fail to mention that their book is useful to new and experienced users alike. :) It does have some new topics in there. http://www.tinker.tv/download/afreebsd2_toc.pdf But I think I will hold off the purchase, at least for some time. Thanks for your reply. Michael --- Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On > Behalf Of Michael S > > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:40 PM > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Subject: Absolute FreeBSD > > > > > > Good evening all, > > > > I was wondering if anyone bought M. Lucas' new > FreeBSD > > book. How would you rate it? > > I already have the first edition, is it worth the > > money buying the second one? > > If you bought and grokked the first book and have > been using > FreeBSD ever since, do you really need a book of any > kind at > this point? Don't you have enough experience under > your > belt to get by without a book? > > The operating system books - be it FreeBSD, Linux or > Windows, > serve an important function of helping people go > from zero to > 60 in getting up and going with their operating > system of > choice. But eventually you are going to outgrow > them. There > are always lots more people at 0 so the authors of > these > books will never starve, but you need to eventually > strike > out on your own. > > Ted Mittelstaedt > Author: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > published 2000, Addison-Wesley > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Michael Sherman http://msherman77.blogspot.com/