10 years of "The Complete FreeBSD"

Tillman Hodgson tillman at seekingfire.com
Thu Feb 23 18:10:28 PST 2006


On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:30:27AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> Ten years ago today, on 24 February 1996, I submitted for publication
> the final version of the first ever book on FreeBSD, "Installing and
> Using FreeBSD".  It was later renamed to "The Complete FreeBSD".
> 
> I have always retained full rights to the book, and for today I've
> decided to release it for download under the Creative Commons
> license.  See more at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/.

Thank you Greg, I appreciate your gift to the community.

I have a copy of the 4th Edition (O'Reilly Community Press version) on
the O'Reilly shelf in my computer room and it's proven valuable many
times. I wish the 10th anniversary edition well and that that the
community shares back :-)

-T


-- 
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
 That will be the beginning."
    -- Louis L'Amour


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