Freebsd Unleashed [With CDROM]

by Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann

Book Overview

Did you know that the special effects used inThe Matrixwere rendered using the FreeBSD system? Yahoo and the Internet Movie Database are also powered by FreeBSD. Now you can learn how to use FreeBSD... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672322064
• ISBN13: 9780672322068
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 99998 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This is the book to buy

I've looked at all the other books but this is the only one worth considering if you want to learn how to install and use FreeBSD. It is thorough, very readable, but doesn't go so deep as to confuse or frustrate you. You will have enough understanding that, if anything in the book should go out of date or change, you will be able to figure out what to do or where to get online help. Just by using this book, I went from knowing virtually nothing about FreeBSD/Unix to running an online web server with Apache and Postgresql and Gnome/X Windows. Some ask whether The Complete FreeBSD by Lehey might be as good or better than this one. While Leheys book is good, I found it went deeper into the subject than I was prepared for at the time and I don't recommend it for beginners. I do, however, refer to Leheys book from time to time. I reviewed his book there.

Best book ever writeen for FreeBSD.

I have been using FreeBSD for about 2 years now, I have about 7 different books in my shell. I have to tell you the truth, this is the best, detail, organized, professional book I have ever read of freeBSD, not even the handbook give you so much detail as this book. If you are a begineer and want to really learn this OS, but this book. It is the best you can get.

Excellent Reference

Of all the books out there on FreeBSD, this one is probably the most authoritative. This has sections on configuring SAMBA, Print Sharing, Apache, Sendmail, and BSD administration.The only other book out there of this quality is "Absolute BSD" by No-Starch Press. However, that one has a few misprints in the Crontab section that can be confusing.

My copy is worn out! Buy this book now :)

Unlike Windows OS's, FreeBSD changes DAILY. Writing a book for it is not an easy task, but FreeBSD Unleased does it well. I hope they keep coming out with updated ver's as FreeBSD's version number climbs. As of Summer 2002, you shouldn't use 5.0 as your daily OS or for a server, so the book really focuses on 4.5 (4.6 came out June 2002). It covers every topic, and has good info about PORTS! (programs that are not apart of the basic OS) like pop3/imap, ssl tunnels, php for apache, what types of security hacks/attacks you need to watch out for and how to combat them.I've only been using FreeBSD for 3 months (I'm a old hat MCSE, CCNA) and I use 4 resources for 99% of what I learn ...I've looked at all the other FBSD books, none compair to the wide array of info here.

The most comprehensive FreeBSD book available

There is nothing left to desire after this book. It has everything you could ask for in the most profound FreeBSD reference guide available. Its true that some information is available online (great many thanks to the FreeBSD doc. team), it is nowhere near this extensive. All subject matter is explained with enough detail and troubleshooting information that I find it invaluable.