Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition
The Complete Guide To FreeBSD, Third Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 5. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-1-59327-892-2 (ISBN)
Description
Absolute FreeBSD is your complete guide to FreeBSD, the powerful UNIX-like operating system that's supported modern servers, desktops, and platforms for years. In this completely revised third edition, FreeBSD committer Michael W. Lucas will teach you how to install, configure, and manage FreeBSD-based systems. You'll find added coverage of IPv6 and modern disks, redesigned jail and packaging systems, modern disks, and virtualisation, and learn about two FreeBSD 11.x transformative features designed for cloud-based management, libxo and UCL.
Reviews / Votes
"A must-have if you are interested on operating systems, not just UNIX or similar software."-Albert Valbuena, Admin... by accident!
"A fantastic book on FreeBSD. Clear. Concise. Informative for new FreeBSD users and sysadmins . . . A must-have book for all people interested in learning FreeBSD system management."
-Vivek Gite, nixCraft
"An ESSENTIAL guide for FreeBSD."
-Gordon Ewasiuk, Amazon Vine Voice
More details
Edition
3rd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1156 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-892-2 (9781593278922)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2018
No Starch Press
€50.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Book
11/2013
No Starch Press
€45.00
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Person
Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer with extensive experience working with high-availability systems. He's a regular speaker and instructor at systems administrator conferences throughout the United States, and is the author of the critically-acclaimed Absolute BSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate, and PGP & GPG, all from No Starch Press.