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Summary: Simply the BEST FreeBSD book for beginners!
Review: The author did an outstanding job! This book will take you right from building your first FreeBSD box through the intricacies of using FreeBSD as a server. Annelise takes a lighthearted approach at turning complex subject matter into easily digestible text. Should Annelise write another book on this subject, I will buy it sight unseen.
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Summary: Simply the BEST FreeBSD book for beginners!
Review: The author did an outstanding job! This book will take you right from building your first FreeBSD box through the intricacies of using FreeBSD as a server. Annelise takes a lighthearted approach at turning complex subject matter into easily digestible text. Should Annelise write another book on this subject, I will buy it sight unseen.
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Summary: Finally a FreeBSD HOWTO for normal people
Review: This book finally gives provides an introduction and guide to FreeBSD for normal people.Where Greg Leheys book is for IT-professionals and Ted Middlestaedts book focuses on FreeBSD in a corporate network, this book does a very good job at making FreeBSD available to the average computer literate person out there. While not quite the "this is a keyboard" level of a "for dummies" book, this book never fails to explain things at a level which will be understandable for the normal people. As a developer of FreeBSD since the very beginning, it is a great pleasure for me to see our code being made available to a larger audience, rather than just the rather select elite who have until now discovered and used FreeBSD. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Get this book!
Review: This book is a must if you are learning BSD Unix. All the commands you'll ever use are covered in this book. This book is easy to read and explains important topics without being exhaustive (a skill some authors never learn). A great book for newbies to BSD Unix!
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Summary: A Brilliant book for Beginners
Review: You can find things in this book quicker than you can read the title. I had used Linux for a year and bought a set of FreeBSD CDs (just the CDs, no support etc.) I bought this book and I'm really pleased. However, the CD is slightly out of date, FreeBSD was up to release 4.5 but the CD provided was 4.4. (April 2002) Minor problem that will probably always happen. If you have any interest in computers, you'll find yourself dipping in for a read every now and then. You don't have to read it in order, it's good to just read whatever chapter takes your fancy. Everything is explained, but it is never condescending. The index is good, the writing style is excellent. The author has done an excellent job in producing a very useful book for any newcomer to FreeBSD. Buy it.
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Summary: Perfect Book for a Newbie Like Me
Review: You will not be disappointed with this book. You will not be overjoyed with this book. It does its job of providing you with a very well rounded education in FreeBSD. I'd give it 5 stars, but I don't enjoy the prices that I have to pay for computer books. I have yet to buy any computer book that's "worth every penny". This book is no exception. Buy it used if you can.
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Summary: Its good
Review: You will not be disappointed with this book. You will not be overjoyed with this book. It does its job of providing you with a very well rounded education in FreeBSD. I'd give it 5 stars, but I don't enjoy the prices that I have to pay for computer books. I have yet to buy any computer book that's "worth every penny". This book is no exception. Buy it used if you can.
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