A few years later about 6 months after the book went out of print
I actually bought a box of 20 of the books for something like a dollar
a book, from a remainder dealer, just to have a future cache of them
that I could give away.
Kind of funny to think about that being almost a decade
A few years later about 6 months after the book went out of print
I actually bought a box of 20 of the books for something like a dollar
a book, from a remainder dealer, just to have a future cache of them
that I could give away.
I probably wouldn't be using FBSD now if it wasn't for your
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gonzalo Nemmi
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:06 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating
System
Actually .. I'd be more than willing
Thank you all for your input. I'm studying up on OS design and
implementation for my own personal edification, so I started reading
my old college Tanenbaum text Modern Operating Systems. Then I
wanted to learn specifically about FreeBSD, so The Design and
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating
Yet your point is completly valid one.. and that's why The Design and
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System is the only book that I've
been hesitant on buying so far ... Lucas (Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition),
Lavigne (The Best of FreeBSD Basics), Kong (BSD rootkits), Lehey (Download
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:12:02AM -0400, FreeBSD Questions wrote:
Yet your point is completly valid one.. and that's why The Design and
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System is the only book that I've
been hesitant on buying so far ... Lucas (Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition),
Lavigne
FreeBSD Questions wrote:
And what about Absolute FreeBSD? It's updated for FreeBSD 7, so I
know it's current. Is it a good book? Is it worth the read? How
valuable is its content? (I know I'm asking some very subjective
questions, but if I'm going to spend hundreds of $$$ to build my
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 04:12:51PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
FreeBSD Questions wrote:
And what about Absolute FreeBSD? It's updated for FreeBSD 7, so I
know it's current. Is it a good book? Is it worth the read? How
valuable is its content? (I know I'm asking some very subjective
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:12 AM, FreeBSD Questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
details like the nitty-gritty of
configuing sendmail, apache, samba, NFS, etc?
You might want to look at specific books targeting that software. Check
o'rielly.For example
http://search.oreilly.com/?q=sendmail
FreeBSD Questions wrote:
This book was printed in August 2004. This predates FBSD 5, and I
know there were some significant changes between the 4.x and 5.x
branches. We've progressed further and are now into version 7. How
well does this book apply to more current versions of FreeBSD, such as
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
FreeBSD Questions wrote:
This book was printed in August 2004. This predates FBSD 5, and I
know there were some significant changes between the 4.x and 5.x
branches. We've progressed further and are now into version 7. How
well does this book apply
, of course.
Your thinking of The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
System not The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System.
They are, believe it or not, two different books. Your point is just as
valid though as far as it being not an operational manual
and
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System is the only book that I've
been hesitant on buying so far ... Lucas (Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition),
Lavigne (The Best of FreeBSD Basics), Kong (BSD rootkits), Lehey (Download
edition:) ) are all over my desktop as I write this mail, and I consult them
This book was printed in August 2004. This predates FBSD 5, and I
know there were some significant changes between the 4.x and 5.x
branches. We've progressed further and are now into version 7. How
well does this book apply to more current versions of FreeBSD, such as
version 7?
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:09:17AM -0400, FreeBSD Questions wrote:
This book was printed in August 2004. This predates FBSD 5, and I
know there were some significant changes between the 4.x and 5.x
branches. We've progressed further and are now into version 7. How
well does this book apply
of view but to be honest, I'd rather buy a
new copy that prints everything up to _yesterday_ and that has at least some
hints into tomorrow ...
Yet your point is completly valid one.. and that's why The Design and
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System is the only book that I've
been
I am looking to learn more about the FreeBSD kernel internals and was
wondering how out of the date is the book compared to the current status
of the kernel. Also, does anyone have an idea if an updated version is
in the works/planned?
Thanks.
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