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Just so that it serves me future reference and FYI as well. ;)
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From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gne...@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:50:25 -0300
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: New to FreeBSD

On Friday 20 June 2008 10:05:26 nerd fan wrote:
> Hello Every body,
>
> I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading

All you need to read:

The Best of FreeBSD Basics by Dru Lavigne
http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdbasics?id=akooQAWx&mv_pc=38

(
while at it, don't miss the chance to subscribe to FreeBSD:
FreeBSD Subscription, starting with FreeBSD 7.0
http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdsub7.0?id=PoQR7Kuo&mv_pc=181
)

Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition by Michael W. Lucas
http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=abs_bsd2


Mandatory desktop icon pointing to:

FreeBSD Handbook
/usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html


Other nice reads:

BSD Hacks by Dru Lavigne; ISBN-13: 978-0596006792
BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD by
Christopher Negus, Francois Caen; ISBN-13: 978-0470376034
The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey
http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/

> Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way
> FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers.

In addition to the first two books (Lavigne and Lucas), add this one:

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 by Bryan J. Hong
http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=freebsdserver

>
> Started having fun with FreeBSD 7.. Thanks for your responses.
>
> ~ Sundar ~

And you'll probably never stop having fun with FreeBSD :)

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Gonzalo Nemmi
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