Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:46:24 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Edward Ruggeri <smallhand@crawblog.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Even more documentation? Message-ID: <48129780.3020709@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <919383240804251932i6043dd0auff9423c98019a7ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <919383240804251932i6043dd0auff9423c98019a7ef@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig26A133BB453143DB178FA266 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/25/2008 21:32, Edward Ruggeri wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I've used FreeBSD for about two years now. Besides using Linux for > projects on school computers, I never had much experience with > Unix-like operating systems. While I get by nicely on FreeBSD, I > recently felt that I didn't have a very solid understanding of it's > organization or structure. I suppose one can't know everything about > an operating system with as much functionality as FreeBSD, but I > started to feel like my knowledge was really ad-hoc, and that I didn't > completely understand what I was doing (as if I had learned only by > example). >=20 > To that end, I started reading the FreeBSD handbook front-to-back. > I've gotten to Part III, and while it's been very valuable, I still > feel like I'm learning by example, and not by understanding the > operating system. I'm starting to think I'm expecting something out > of the handbook it's not designed to do. >=20 > It seems like the man pages would be a good place to go, but my > trouble with using them is that they're difficult to put together the > information on different pages. I suppose I want something like a > textbook. I dream of a K&R type text that is very comprehensive and > well-organized. My Vote: "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" Its not exactly "hot off the press" any more... but still quite a good re= ad. Can be found here (mind the URL wrap): http://www.amazon.com/Design-Implementation-FreeBSD-Operating-System/dp/0= 201702452/ref=3Dpd_bbs_sr_2?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1209177819&sr=3D8-2= >=20 > If anyone has advice, I'd very much appreciate it! >=20 > Sincerely, >=20 > -- Ned Ruggeri > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= =2Eorg" >=20 >=20 --=20 Regards, Eric --------------enig26A133BB453143DB178FA266 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgSl4AACgkQngSDRM3IXUrgWQCg0Fk2Ju9bkSEHQwuyTqB3eanU fjMAn0EDAIUHNLHwdBV1fv9I0IWOpWci =tjIp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig26A133BB453143DB178FA266--
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