FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd Edition Available

Murray Stokely writes: " The second edition hardcopy release of the FreeBSD Handbook is now available! Written by the FreeBSD Documentation Project, the FreeBSD Handbook is a comprehensive guide to installing and running FreeBSD. This book was typeset using entirely open source software. It covers the installation and day-to-day use of FreeBSD, the ports collection, kernel configuration, the X Window System, printing, FreeBSD's Linux binary compatibility support, upgrading your system from source by using the ``make world'' command, and much more. Among the many changes since the 1st edition are the inclusion of a full index, all new graphical network diagrams, several new chapters, more professional typesetting, and content that has been completely updated for FreeBSD 4.x and 5.0-CURRENT. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the handbook, you can do so online from the FreeBSD Mall."

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Re:Lack of BSD documentation

[psxndc]

I'm not complaining, I'm asking how applicable the FreeBSD book is to OpenBSD.

1) I HAVE used the man pages. "man make" doesn't say s#!+ about "make world". If you're a friggin' newbie, man pages won't help you find what you're looking for because you don't know what you're looking for in the first place.
2) I do use O'Reilly books. You should see my collection. Almost at my 3rd free book from them, but that doesn't help me with things that are completely intrinsic to the operating system unless that book is about the OS
3) Thank you. Seriously, thanks. I'll look into that. I forget that docs are there.
4) I didn't know if the 4.4 manual would be helpful or if it even still applied. How useful is an IPChains firewall book if you're running the newer/better IPTables (in Linux)?
5,6,7) Assume the case of no connectivity so mailing lists and websites aren't helpful in this context (though I read OpenBSD.org all the time, sometimes I _still_ can't find the answer).
8) Books != Better Documentation? Not necessarily true. People that write books have to sell books. Having to sell books means it has to be accepted by a large audience. Usually/Hopefully this translates into going into detail about a subject while keeping it simple enough for anyone to understand and comprehend.