From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 1 15:34:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2142AF for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:34:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm1-vm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm1-vm6.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.149]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E514B2A9B for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.39.60.165] by nm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Aug 2013 15:31:37 -0000 Received: from [67.195.22.108] by tm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Aug 2013 15:31:37 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp104.rog.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Aug 2013 15:31:37 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1375371097; bh=7fiGQnBL5xRi+sjZ908KCCoaDrx6fw4+bc3aCec62Wg=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=OCwzk9D9mv0WG4xrvTfVSEgRofPw0ApH3lqrw/GJv/32ZVl7TJK7iRK/pA6/wvl5qvdQwBWs2FF1dwkIY8iQsxW5WMMuAmBLbSbO6ATKp18gSl4X1e+kZMIS9bl6izqfKZcrYc4jkdWf4JNd7AHAYatZNXT355I8jNpPFnX1+tc= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 156537.70146.bm@smtp104.rog.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 3SVaFYEVM1k2YK6P.59PUY8hM.JHyystTPup1vmGCHpQyVf VHC6Ab.qmtNm66lCX47kLkwomJTz7_Pwu4LEd6j5RHfLMtbycShuOblv1SIH fWwim5FY5I1ZfR4Khoq2e6gI_dxpwrYtd7ppeGRwclbqUcxjkEYYa0A139S4 lsHKEFm4UGGhUOEG.OXI0pe7AxsqR8EnYBEGRXWMiuTTILbPDZ.IWXWlYuZg P774Y14we8FXyUG0PHMVomf5V2TztfE0NUHRv06bqIaxalPMSWJq13JUneFw dxoQXckUkJD2.p4Dk1IP4.GzXjBlTAaDqFvQZHEC_6kLqsiQs7rcRmiUjBuv 6mF83bm95PjkEtadMSAB3XDjl8B2mO.QHNEHHnaWxLv5LfmwwsgG87qMyhd. medO3dZ21QyFXkw4xqskVd0qFSwMVkybGtH5Xh78hErbTNk9TWGU9Ww2Cc8l n72Q6FUiUIt4gDGIyxfYEbrkqAReESYMpBAfFEyiXZppVn6OKk6PJzHV7rav UMuN.cQJHirGbL7pQC20FZhLf5ntBV8Vk4R0LaL.Kz.n41CMs_dfWvVmZpWI 11u3kDHUuc5zKSswqX8n_Nc3MxtONE3Y9ZMTylFqt3snGHtRM847vUdBoJA- - X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- X-Rocket-Received: from europa (mike.jeays@173.33.93.170 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 01 Aug 2013 08:31:37 -0700 PDT Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 11:31:35 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: learn Message-ID: <20130801113135.1d326f37@europa> In-Reply-To: <201308011321.r71DLYZH004812@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20130801122925.GA23418@manul.langhans.com.pl> <201308011321.r71DLYZH004812@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mexas@bris.ac.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:34:07 -0000 On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:21:34 +0100 (BST) Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:29:25 +0200 > >From: herbert langhans > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: learn > > >The handbook is a monster, even technically interested people get lost > >there. You know that, corebug. > > I completely disagree. > > The handbook is of excellent quality for a volunteer project. > In particular, it is far ahead of any linux documentation > effort I've seen. Indeed, it was the handbook that made me > start using FreeBSD in the first place. In about 2003 I tried > several linux distros, and got completely lost. The available > documentation for linux, at least at that time, was not designed > for a novice, certainly not at my level. In contrast, the > FreeBSD handbook was very clear and allowed me to install > and start using FreeBSD quickly and easily. This was version 4.9. > > Since then the quality of the handbook improved a lot. > The handbook is certantly the first FreeBSD resource > I would recommend to a FreeBSD novice. > > Anton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Agreed - the handbook has been a great resource since I started using FreeBSD in 1997, at version 2.2.something. Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" is also excellent, and available as a free download - although I am sure he would appreciate contributions or purchases. http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/