BSD has had the advantage of strong community support since the beginning. Originally a community effort by the University of California at Berkeley aimed at making Unix a little friendlier and easier to use, by the time other free operating systems came along, BSD was firmly established and very reliable. And it continues to be today. Although BSD exists in many variants, FreeBSD is by far the most popular. Now, in its fourth edition, the book that the FreeBSD community respects the most, Complete FreeBSD, is available at the BSDMall as provided by O'Reilly Community Press. The Complete FreeBSD is an eminently practical guidebook that explains not only how to get a computer up and running with the FreeBSD operating system, but also how to turn it into a highly functional and secure server that can host large numbers of users and disks, support remote access, and provide web service, mail service, and other key parts of the Internet infrastructure. Written by one of the best-known members of the BSD community, this book provides in-depth information on installation and updates, back-ups, printers, RAID, various Internet services, firewalls, the graphical X Window system, and much more. For more than five years, The Complete FreeBSD has provided information on a wide range of topics central to the system administration of mission-critical hub systems. Whether you're an experienced Unix user or just interested in learning more about this free operating system and how you can put it to work for you, this do-it-yourself BSD documentation will provide the information you need. This new edition is based on the release 5.0 of FreeBSD. The "The Complete FreeBSD" is the second release in the O'Reilly Community Press series. Unlike classic O’Reilly animal books, which are created to fill an information void, the Community Press titles provide convenient printed copies of documentation that is already available online. O'Reilly's role in the series is limited to providing manufacturing and distribution services rather than editorial development, so that each Community Press title reflects the editorial voice and organization of the community that has created it. The best FreeBSD Handbook available. |
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