From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 06:33:00 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 3710316A419 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:33:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freysman@comcast.net) Received: from comcast-smtp-02.tampflrdc.rr.com (comcast-smtp-02.tampflrdc.rr.com [65.32.5.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF57413C458 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freysman@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (c-98-199-18-87.hsd1.tx.comcast.net [98.199.18.87]) by comcast-smtp-02.tampflrdc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBF6Wt4p006893 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:32:56 -0500 (EST) From: David J Brooks Organization: KC5WNK To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:32:57 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: +\{75whsIB]=i--WqkV^U>!y`<~%(FUd, DQs, &e1yLt==9%It?7#?n>%Splqb, =?utf-8?q?=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=0A=09lDIEu=25W?= =?utf-8?q?sB7o+6k2n=606Q5Fl?=, vJei{$-.KlHPHu/.~VuE=C[}lQmL}>V1t\yTn2iTwCfM`% MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712150032.58585.freysman@comcast.net> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 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: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:33:00 -0000 On Thursday 13 December 2007 11:36:35 pm Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > 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. Well, to an extent, yes. My copy of The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide came with discs for FreeBSD 4.2. I read it cover to cover at the time and found it very helpful. But now, even when it is largely obsolete, I still find myself referencing it from time to time. Though I'll admit, it resides on a shelf in the smallest room in the house, where it primarily serves as impromptu light reading material. ;) David -- This message has been foretold by Nostradamus.