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Summary: A Good Book
Review: The book is well-written and easy to understand. If you wish to learn the FreeBSD Operating System and start a server, it is well worth the money. You should be up and running in no time. Apart from this, read on.It is very complete, albeit at a minor cost... some topics are given a few sentences and then glossed over. Now, don't get me wrong. This book is to explain FreeBSD, not those little topics generously thrown in. Therefore, it shouldn't hurt the book's review. Just be aware that you will not learn Unix, X Windows or any of the other addons that can be found in Unix through this book. Obviously, it's not the book's purpose. Its purpose is to teach FreeBSD. It would have earned five stars, but Chapter 31, Keeping Up To Date (CVS) is uneven and jumpy. This chapter came as a shock when compared to the rest of the book. I think another reviewer shared a similar complaint about it. On a side note, a reviewer amused me by complimenting the book (giving it five stars) just because of who the author is. I'd rather buy a well-written book by a no-name author than a poorly-written book by a renowned author. It's people like this that trap other people into buying books that aren't helpful. I hope this review helped you. :)
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Summary: Pretty good, but not much depth
Review: This book has a good general description of almost anything you need in FreeBSD, but it doesn't go into any specifics. The book isn't for anybody that has been using FreeBSD for a couple years. I wanted detailed information on a bunch of stuff, but it didn't go to deep. It is the best book for someone starting out though.
He says a lot that he won't go into any detail about something because its changing all the time. I understand why he does this, but I still wish he would go into detail.
Otherwise this is a great book. A great reference book too.
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Summary: Greg Lehey did it again !!!
Review: This book has complete coverage of most of FreeBSD topics, including an interesting and helpful Postfix chapter. It's easy to read, has many information and examples and it was written by Greg Lehey, a Core Team Member, envolved on BSD since the early Berkeley days. The fist chapter introduces the reader the history of Unix and BSD before entering on technical discussions. There are chapters dedicated (deeply) to X, Samba, Apache, Firewall and many more. The weakest part Complete FreeBSD are the chapters about CVS ad upgrading, but the Kernel customization chapter that comes after brings back the high value of this book. This Complete FreeBSD is a must-have to any FreeBSD user and admnistrator. Use it in conjunction with Unix Power Tools and the FreeBSD Handbook and you you will have 99% of the information you neeed.
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Summary: AWESOME FreeBSD Resource
Review: This book is similar to version 3, but contains more information pertaining to FreeBSD 5.x. This is a MUST HAVE for any aspiring FreeBSD newbie, user, or system admin alike. A great learning tool & desktop reference. If you are going to purchase a FreeBSD book, let this be the one!
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Summary: AWESOME FreeBSD Resource
Review: This book is similar to version 3, but contains more information pertaining to FreeBSD 5.x. This is a MUST HAVE for any aspiring FreeBSD newbie, user, or system admin alike. A great learning tool & desktop reference. If you are going to purchase a FreeBSD book, let this be the one!
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Summary: Great book if your are wanting to try freebsd.
Review: This book is very informative and really is the "complete" freebsd book. Covering most every topic you would have quesions on.
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Summary: Great book if your are wanting to try freebsd.
Review: This book is very informative and really is the "complete" freebsd book. Covering most every topic you would have quesions on.
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Summary: Great book if your are wanting to try freebsd.
Review: This book is very informative and really is the "complete" freebsd book. Covering most every topic you would have quesions on.
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Summary: An excellent tutorial and reference
Review: This book serves as an excellent tutorial and reference book which is suitable for newbies as well as professionals who want to install this operating system in their servers or workstations. It is comprehensive and well-written although some topics such as printing and some other common peripherals are discussed a bit too briefly in my opinion.
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Summary: Exciting and Well Written
Review: This is a very well written book and a pleasant read. It has helped me immensely in getting started with installation, partitioning, formatting, etc. Now, at home I have a FreeBSD system as a server within my home environment.
There is one important point to note that as soon as this book is printed on paper, it is already outdated. FreeBSD is a moving target, and they are constantly improving. One notable change is that in FreeBSD 5.3, they have moved away from XFree86 to Xorg, like many distros are doing in the Linux universe. Thus the sections for XFree86 might not be directly applicable to the current release.
Nevertheless, despite the printed works being out of date with the current release, I still value it immensely. It is easy to flip to the sections your interested in, or just kick back at a coffee shop and rea a chapter for a topic of interest. This book is very well written, education, and enjoyable to read.
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