Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:32:57 -0600 From: David J Brooks <freysman@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD Message-ID: <200712150032.58585.freysman@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEDECFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEDECFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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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.
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