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book recommendations
- To: misc@openbsd.org
- Subject: book recommendations
- From: mm@listsite.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:32:55 -0800
- References: <F33tXjs5FGJziWwSoRK00002946@hotmail.com><F33tXjs5FGJziWwSoRK00002946@hotmail.com>
At 06:18 PM 10/30/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>The manpages on OpenBSD are the finest you will find. SCO Unix's are
>nowhere close (though the price on SCO is significantly higher than
>OpenBSD's price...). Linux's are often spotty -- many programs don't
>have manpages at all, and some manpages don't relate to what is actually
>on one's machine. Sun's have their moments. So, any time you are
>wondering "how do I mount a drive?", feel free to type "man -k drive" or
>"man -k disk". When you want to know how to lock your terminal, type
>"man -k lock".
>
>The FAQ (on the website, and presumably on the website-on-the-CD on the
>CD) has loads of good wisdom. I suggest reading through the whole thing
>once, so that in six months time, when you want to do something else,
>you can say, "I've read this before in the FAQ!".
>
>O'Reilly has some spectacularly good books available for Unix. Many
>people swear by Unix System Administrator's Guide.
Are there any books specifically on openbsd? As a newbie, it's a bit
confusing to read books about Linux, and then have to guess whether the
descriptions apply to openbsd. I do have the "Building Linux and Openbsd
Firewalls" book, which is of some use to a beginner.
Tom