From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 25 12:18:23 2009 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 CF1D01065674 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B058FC14 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m38so773879waf.27 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:18:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language :x-cr-hashedpuzzle:x-cr-puzzleid; bh=BBApTjjvo5zu+tBrhrLnT0a/d2WoX5yEGsgQEIhqXQQ=; b=N7VT0YPEfKty286Eaqg9qfiwY05g/hmqOp/sb5CyLhnlrIoZQS04lf4Rn5ZvH01w4b MaVWu0bpZ33a9J0IuSforHPmP94y++nrKB7HCopKRzxLdNPdHU6eQgkSqExdN2LroQbb uzy/sXnCXqkPvlT6JS5JHooHDJibYNFwSrqTI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index :content-language:x-cr-hashedpuzzle:x-cr-puzzleid; b=uC4Rg/coWCS07bb/F6+BVdyvnX/LBTBi7pgbtuauV330XbZJYYJfMgvLyEcCg2N9vh dDQ1XRIhW8QGHK8N8YHBGuCOUufk/yz5sxsv1kM8I+AondzmIO8OKnReQV/j+rLw64Te 2ezSjOr5oBHPtbHvFMl9PVNEZtNEzkw95ZpUs= Received: by 10.114.182.1 with SMTP id e1mr1825211waf.22.1240661903199; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:18:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Emma (pool-71-112-39-100.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.112.39.100]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q20sm7960966pog.20.2009.04.25.05.18.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:18:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Charles Oppermann" To: References: <5AEAF40D-2118-4F42-BE39-0D01123B4B50@windstream.net> <49F1EB48.5050603@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49F1EB48.5050603@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:18:25 -0700 Message-ID: <004a01c9c59f$f0540580$d0fc1080$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcnE+4hWut69j47ZSnSPPVeJhh4lkAAo5Hvg Content-Language: en-us x-cr-hashedpuzzle: ASl6 BQ1t CTIR Dkiz DryW ETna Fww3 Gyr3 HBsq HSB5 I4uK JEGz JTRS J8F5 KqG7 LhnC; 1; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnAA==; Sosha1_v1; 7; {C377E506-166D-4C16-80C0-C8B8FD5F9931}; YwBoAHUAYwBrAG8AcABAAGcAbQBhAGkAbAAuAGMAbwBtAA==; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:18:12 GMT; UgBFADoAIABmAHIAZQBlAGIAcwBkACAAdgBzAC4AIABwAGMALQBiAHMAZAA= x-cr-puzzleid: {C377E506-166D-4C16-80C0-C8B8FD5F9931} Subject: RE: freebsd vs. pc-bsd 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, 25 Apr 2009 12:18:24 -0000 > If your willing to buy books concerning FreeBSD I'd suggest Absolute > FreeBSD 2nd edition (if you have use Unix like systems) or FreeBSD > Unleashed 6 (though it was published at the of FreeBSD 6 it is still > very applicable and provides introduction to Unix like systems). Second the recommendation on both books. I recently found booksellers discounting "FreeBSD Unleashed 6" and was able to pick it up for $14USD at a local retailer. It's still very applicable to FreeBSD 7.x versions. I think "Absolute FreeBSD" (2nd Edition) is also acceptable even if you haven't been exposed much to Unix-based operating systems. It just goes through the introduction quicker. It's mainly for people who wish to run FreeBSD in a server environment, as opposed to a desktop environment.