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From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Documentation project (was Re: Slight flame from Linux user)
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 14:03:18 -0700
Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington
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Message-ID: <kargl-0606951403180001@spleen.apl.washington.edu>
References: <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <3qvtjg$p3h@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <3r01r6$o8p@park.uvsc.edu> <3r06il$7ln@canyon.sr.hp.com> <3r1qum$1l7@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3r20g7$q4q@canyon.sr.hp.com> <3r29g0$q4q@canyon.sr.hp.com>
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In article <3r29g0$q4q@canyon.sr.hp.com>, darrylo@sr.hp.com wrote:

> I (Darryl Okahata (darrylo@sr.hp.com)) wrote:
> 
> >      There is, however, a need for high-quality, PRINTED documentation --
> > something that doesn't require power, hardware, or a LAN/WWW connection
> > to use.  Yes, I know that I can print out the HTML docs, but I want
> > something of higher-quality -- something without the hyperlinks, but
> > with a decent table of contents, index, etc..
> 
>      To emphasize this, I'd like to point out that there are a number of
> books on Linux out there, and very few (none?) on FreeBSD.  I live
> somewhat in the boonies (~60 mi. N. of San Francisco), and a (big)
> bookstore here has at least a half-dozen books on Linux.  I couldn't
> find a single one on FreeBSD.
> 

Probably 95% (or more) of what you might need can be found in the 4.4BSD books
by O'reilly & Associates.  ISBN: 1-56592-078-[1,2,3,4,5]

The other 5% (or so) is currently being worked on.  Try http://www.freebsd.org

-- 
Steven G. Kargl
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98105