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Summary: Was useful for me, a FreeBSD beginner
Review: I got this book so that I can read about FreeBSD without having an access to computer. I do think that FBSD has enough docs online to setup and run the system.Overall, the book was effective as a reference on FBS installation and systems commands. As a long-time UNIX/Linux user, I did not need the background and mostly used the book as a reference and not reading it from start to finish. I did manage pretty much anything I looked for, with the notable exception of one kernel module programming issue. I think the book is very well suited for a beginner FBSD sysadmin and for "Linux-switchers" as well. Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D., GCIA, GCIH is a Senior Security Analyst with a major information security company. His areas of infosec expertise include intrusion detection, UNIX security, forensics, honeypots, etc. In his spare time, he maintains his security portal info-secure.org
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Summary: Good FreeBSD Overview book
Review: So far I've purchased every FreeBSD book on the market. I was slightly disappointed with this book. The author failed to go into details on many attributes of FreeBSD. A new user will not find detailed steps on getting the OS running. An experienced user will not find much use for this book. It is however a great book for someone looking for an overview of FreeBSD. In my opinion, the best FreeBSD book for my money has been and still is:
FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer, Second Edition (with CD-ROM)
by Annelise Anderson (Paperback)
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Summary: Good FreeBSD Overview book
Review: So far I've purchased every FreeBSD book on the market. I was slightly disappointed with this book. The author failed to go into details on many attributes of FreeBSD. A new user will not find detailed steps on getting the OS running. An experienced user will not find much use for this book. It is however a great book for someone looking for an overview of FreeBSD. In my opinion, the best FreeBSD book for my money has been and still is:
FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer, Second Edition (with CD-ROM)
by Annelise Anderson (Paperback)
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Summary: Starter FreeBSD Book
Review: This book can only be of use to those new to FreeBSD. I found that a lot of topics were too general and did not provide any in-depth information for more experienced users. If you're just starting out with FreeBSD then this is great book for you. If you are looking to further your knowledge then look for a book aimed at a higher experience level.
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Summary: Great overview of FreeBSD for beginners | ready reference fo
Review: This is a great overview of FreeBSD for beginners and a great ready reference for experienced users. The clarity of the writing is wonderful, and makes the rather arcane subject of FreeBSD more accessible to general audiences. Works like this are very important to ensure that open source operating systems continue to spread among an audience which extends beyond the traditional open source community. It strikes a great balance between including all the necessary information and having too-much-information, which often turns users off. Great job!
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Summary: Great overview of FreeBSD for beginners | ready reference fo
Review: This is a great overview of FreeBSD for beginners and a great ready reference for experienced users. The clarity of the writing is wonderful, and makes the rather arcane subject of FreeBSD more accessible to general audiences. Works like this are very important to ensure that open source operating systems continue to spread among an audience which extends beyond the traditional open source community. It strikes a great balance between including all the necessary information and having too-much-information, which often turns users off. Great job!
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Summary: Shallow coverage, especially for an inexperienced BSD user
Review: This may be a complete reference in terms of topics covered, but it isn't one, in my view, in terms of FreeBSD coverage. That may be impossible, if you are going to title a book as such, I think you need to deliver -- at least better than the authors did.
I am in the process of setting up a freebsd network. I've used this book to help in that endeavor, and it has helped, but the configuration issues I'm dealing with now do not have a solution referenced in this book. For example, in the chapter on file servers, there are many discussions on the basics of FTP, Samba, and other servers, but there isn't a guide on how to set up a plain vanilla file server that's used essentially as a big hard drive for a number of clients on the network, either Unix clients or Windows clients. THAT would have been a very helpful discussion and it wasn't here. Instead, there's a brief (in my view) discussion on Samba, including installation, but nothing with respect to troubleshooting if something isn't working right.
I'll be the first to confess that I am no guru on this operating system, so please don't take much from this review is you are a guru. Just be aware that "complete" may be a bit misleading, at least as I define it.
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