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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Date: 29 Aug 1995 18:46:09 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <41vjp1$bin@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <409iah$inf@galaxy.ucr.edu> <40alp5$psg@agate.berkeley.edu> <413bkc$3t2@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <1995Aug24.222509.28085@state.systems.sa.gov.au> <41ko58$rqh@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> <41l9eo$17h@park.uvsc.edu> <41nfbu$sg@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <DDxG0B.95K@ritz.mordor.com> <41t8ei$bsv@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <41u464$nbs@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamilton.maths.tcd.ie Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes: > >4.4BSD System Manager's Manual >]> >4.4BSD User's Reference Manual >] >4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents >] >4.4BSD Programmer's Reference Manual >] >4.4BSD Programmer's Supplementary Documents >] >] You didn't read what I said, or else misunderstood it. >] >] I was referring to _free_ documentation, >The books Chris referred to are on BSD 4.4 CD's. Just because >you can get them professionally printed and boud does not mean >they aren't otherwise available. Well, _are_ they available on the Net ? Actually these books (most of which I have) are not in fact equivalent, or nearly equivalent, to the Linux LDP books I mentioned, None of them would tell me how to configure X for my video card and monitor. None of them would tell me how to configure getty. None of them (I think) would tell me how to get DIP/SLIP to run. However, if you think FreeBSD documentation is good, so be it. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland