yes, this looks promising but i wish there was an analog to the FreeBSD
handbook....available online....but yes, i willbe buying that book until
then...i guess opensolaris is still pretty young =)
thanks for the wonderful link.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Jerry Tan <[email protected]> wrote:

> One book that you may be interested.
>
> "OpenSolaris Bible"
>
> http://www.amazon.com/OpenSolaris-Bible-Wiley-Nicholas-Solter/dp/0470385480
>
>
> Thomas Burgess :
>
>> about 2-3 years ago i gave up windows for Ubuntu.  I learned a lot but
>> after awhile decided it was time to move on, after a few other linux distros
>> i decided to try FreeBSD.  I love FreeBSD for my servers but it's not that
>> great for the desktop.  Because of that, i decided to give opensolaris a
>> try.  So far i love it, it's amazingly easy to use, and it didn't take long
>> to learn most of the package management stuff.  I've been scouring google
>> for information, and one thing i LOVED about FreeBSD is the handbook...it's
>> amazing, is there anything like that for opensolaris?  I'd like to
>> understand the inner workings of the system better, and most importantly,
>> the directory structure.   It seems theres a ton of places where software is
>> installed...i get what /bin and /usr/bin is all about, and i understand the
>> idea of /opt but it seems like things are waaaaay more separated in
>> opensolaris.  This isn't a BAD thing, i'd just like to understand HOW it
>> works and what it means.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
>
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