There currently no books on the market that offer to teach FreeBSD to a novice. This book will be very attractive to the rushed and impatient, as well as to those who simply have a desire to learn the benefits of FreeBSD when compared to other proprietary operating systems. The book covers the most beneficial uses of FreeBSD, as well as the information needed to install and configure the operating system. This book will be the definitive tutorial reference for the growing FreeBSD market.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 8 Ratings

Do not buy this e-book - 2004-11-15
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I cannot print a single page from this e-book. Sams do not respect your customers. Amazon do not say anything about this on yout site. I want my money back.

FreeBSD from Linux user point of view - 2005-07-28
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Installed and configured FreeBSD for the first time using this book. Very nice and easy to follow. Information goes far enough to allow the user/reader to take things further where needed - from other sources. The book covers the basics nicely. I came from linux and found the change over to be smooth. Nothing bad to say.

Some Useful Information - 2004-04-30
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As mentioned previously, the most frustrating issue was being instructed not to create a user account at installation and then being told to log into that account in the next lesson.

The book is going to be useful if you have no experience with FreeBSD or Unix because it does cover a lot of basic information without being too overwhelming. A better choice, however, would probably be FreeBSD Unleashed because it covers more material and does not appear to be plagued by the same editorial issues even though it is written by the same authors.

Make it a point to visit the Sam's website and read the Errata for this book.

Great start... - 2009-11-17
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If your interested in a NIX then this is a great starter book. By no means is this the be all end all. Get your feet wet and USE the OS. You will see that the file structure of NIX is superior to WIndows any day. More logical, just makes sense. Loved the book as I was new to FreeBSD. If you have used Linux or other flavors of NIX then this may be remedial for you. However, I seem to get something out of everything I read.

Great for UNIX beginners. - 2005-03-17
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I do not know if all of the negative reviews are justified or well reasoned. I am somewhat familiar to Unix type OSes and was looking for something fundamental but not overly simple.

This book starts with basic elements (basic commands, concept of user accounts) and lays a good foundation for further study. I very much appreciated the fact that it does not assume to much from its readers with regard to their knowledge of Unix.

The chapters are concise and nicely arranged, logistically speaking. This topics are linear and are do not throw to much info at the reader at once. However the content is not dummed- down to the point of being condescending.

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