Which book should I start?

[Remko Lodder]

Laszlo Antal wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am new to Bsd. I did a lot of research on the net which book should I 
> start with.
> I got two of them. I can not deside which one should I start.
> Here are my books::
> - The Complet FreeBSD. 4th Edition
>  From O'Reilly, Greg Lehey.
> 
> - Absolute BSD The ultimate guide to FreeBSD.
>  From Michael Lucas.

Since i did not read both of those book (sorry greg and michael) i read 
the handbook, which gives also good information (but not a hardcover, 
though you can order that at bsdmall.com)

the handbook is located here: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook

> 
> Thank you for all the advise.
> 
> Laszlo
> 
> One more questione the complete freebsd covers
> Bsd 5. I have the FreeBsd 4.8.
> Do I need to buy the version 5 ??

You can , but you can also download it for free :-)
If you are  intersted checkout the website on how to obtain it :-)

Cheers

> 
> Thank you again
> --lantal


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