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Summary: Practical, thorough, refreshing.
Review: This would have to be the most helpful computer resource i've read to date. Its approach is incredibly refreshing, practical, yet not afraid to get technical for the sake of quenching the 'but, why?' thirst. I think its focus is right on the mark. I've read it front to back more than twice, still learning new and interesting information. If anything it utterly inspired me into loving FreeBSD, something other books have not done at all. I have bought another copy of this book for my internet company as a resource to have around the office for general FreeBSD questions. Staff are fighting over the copy, and the book can be found on the desk of my administrator, to my business partner who does not know much about UNIX and finds the book very helpful as a reference. Books like these really help move the FreeBSD community forward into the 21st century.
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Summary: My copy is worn out! Buy this book now :)
Review: Unlike Windows OS's, FreeBSD changes DAILY. Writing a book for it is not an easy task, but FreeBSD Unleased does it well. I hope they keep coming out with updated ver's as FreeBSD's version number climbs. As of Summer 2002, you shouldn't use 5.0 as your daily OS or for a server, so the book really focuses on 4.5 (4.6 came out June 2002). It covers every topic, and has good info about PORTS! (programs that are not apart of the basic OS) like pop3/imap, ssl tunnels, php for apache, what types of security hacks/attacks you need to watch out for and how to combat them. I've only been using FreeBSD for 3 months (I'm a old hat MCSE, CCNA) and I use 4 resources for 99% of what I learn ...I've looked at all the other FBSD books, none compair to the wide array of info here.
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Summary: My copy is worn out! Buy this book now :)
Review: Unlike Windows OS's, FreeBSD changes DAILY. Writing a book for it is not an easy task, but FreeBSD Unleased does it well. I hope they keep coming out with updated ver's as FreeBSD's version number climbs. As of Summer 2002, you shouldn't use 5.0 as your daily OS or for a server, so the book really focuses on 4.5 (4.6 came out June 2002). It covers every topic, and has good info about PORTS! (programs that are not apart of the basic OS) like pop3/imap, ssl tunnels, php for apache, what types of security hacks/attacks you need to watch out for and how to combat them. I've only been using FreeBSD for 3 months (I'm a old hat MCSE, CCNA) and I use 4 resources for 99% of what I learn ...I've looked at all the other FBSD books, none compair to the wide array of info here.
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Summary: Excellent Intermediate Book
Review: With Linux (or MS for that matter) there are probably thousands of books, some for the neophyte, some for the expert, and some for almost every level in between. With FreeBSD, there are only a few--Ms. Anderson's book, which fills a niche for the beginner, Mr. Lehey's, which covers just about everything (it's rightfully called the Complete FreeBSD), Mr. Mittlestaedt's, designed for the Network/Sys Admin, the Handbook, also available on line and this one. This book gives straighforward explanations of various aspects of running FreeBSD. I liked its section on firewalls, for example, more than I did the Handbook's section. It's a good reference to have around. This book seems the perfect bridge between Ms. Anderson's and Mr. Lehey's.
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