Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:19:03 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Beyond slogans: Describe "The Complete FreeBSD" Message-ID: <19971104101903.13288@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199710231835.LAA00672@pooh.cdrom.com>; from Kristina Jalna on Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 11:47:57AM -0800 References: <199710231835.LAA00672@pooh.cdrom.com>
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As you probably know, the next edition of "The Complete FreeBSD" will be ready Real Soon Now. One of the things I haven't been able to decide upon is what to put on the back. The first edition was published in August 1996. It contained no networking chapters at all. The new edition contains over 200 pages on networks and has also been expanded in other areas. I'm trying to find a good text, and I'd like your opinions based on the old one. Here it is--let's have some feedback. ---- cut here ---- FreeBSDŽ is a full, professional quality UNIX operating system. FreeBSD includes: * Simple CDROM installation * Coexists with popular operating systems * Rock-stable performance * Complete development environment FreeBSD is based on Berkeley 4.4 BSD, developed by the University of California at Berkeley, and its contributors. "FreeBSD is based on the same BSD code base that influenced many commercial versions of UNIX." -Byte Magazine Walnut Creek CDROM relies exclusively on FreeBSD for our 80 Gigabyte, 1250 user ftp and www machine at ftp.cdrom.com. You'll get network support including: * World-Wide-Web servers. * The original, highly acclaimed, industrial strength Berkeley TCP/IP networking, the basis of the Internet. * Industry standard NFS, NIS and AMD servers with PPP and SLIP support make networking a breeze! * Full USENET News and mail reading software (nntp, trn, elm, pop, pine, mh). FreeBSD comes with the industry standard X Window system (X11R6) for the PC, XFree86 3.1.2. You also get a rich set of ready-to-run X utilities such as fvwm window manager, xjpeg, TCL/Tk, Xaw3d. The system comes with complete source code. FreeBSD provides a tightly integrated build system that lets you recompile the source tree with one command. FreeBSD comes with complete development environment with GNU v2.6.3 C and C++ compilers and GDB debugger. It also comes with packages such as PERL, TCL, scheme, logo, forth, basic, ICON and GNU emacs 19.30. For printing you get TeX 3.14, ghostscript, Hylafax, AFM fonts. The provided bash, csh, zsh and tcsh shells give you a rich choice of environments. FreeBSD supports ISO 9660 and RockRidge format CDs. This book helps you take your first steps with FreeBSD, from installing the system to getting to know the environment. You'll read about detailed descriptions of the installation process, including how to share disks between FreeBSD and other operating systems. You'll also learn to install and configure your X Window System, get to know FreeBSD, and reconfigure your FreeBSD kernel. Requirements: Standard ISA, EISA, VL, or PCI bus based PC (386sx to Pentium), 8 MB RAM. 60 MB disk space for a binary-only system and 340 MB for development system. "If you want stable networking or a powerful development environment, FreeBSD is the operating system for you!" ---- cut here ---- Greg
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