From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Nov 20 20:08:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05464 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:08:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from staff.cs.usyd.edu.au (staff.cs.usyd.edu.au [129.78.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA05452 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:08:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhenry@white.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au) Message-Id: <199811210408.UAA05452@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ??????????????????/ To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:08:02 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" In-Reply-To: from "Ben Manes" at Nov 20, 98 01:26:32 pm Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > ...latest stable release. I believe that's v3.0, but > I heard v2.2.8 is coming out, so I'm confused right there. I seem to recall from another mailing list that -stable would stay in the 2.2 branch until first quarter next year. (End of the first quarter? I don't know. Maybe someone else on the list knows better). > The best option, IMHO, is to buy the cd. Now, there's a few ways to do > this. You can buy the walnut creek's set, which has the cds and the > Complete FreeBSD (supposedly a great book), ...and supports the FreeBSD project. > or you can grab just the cds > cheaply at cheapbits.com. There, its just a few dollars. I recomend > having a book.. I'm trying without one, and its a pain. The book is on the CD in plain text format (ie. unreadable :) ). Look in the "book" directory on the first disk (for 2.2.6. It might be another disk for other versions). > I'm waiting for a > new version of the Complete FreeBSD, since fbsd v3.0 is supposed to be a > major change. There was a online-freebsd book being written, but I lost > the url a while back. "A Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD" http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ > Its probably out of developement by now, and you > can read it on their page for free, I expect. Otherwise, the only other > free source for books is mcp.com. However, they give you access to old > releases, and have just Linux or straight UNIX books, no fbsds. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message