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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 27, 2006 @02:06PM from the free-reading-material dept.

sjg writes "'The Complete FreeBSD', long regarded as one of the most valuable reference works for new and seasoned FreeBSD users alike, has recently celebrated its 10'th anniversary. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, Greg Lehey, author of The Complete FreeBSD and longtime FreeBSD contributor has released the work for download under the Creative Commons license."

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Torrent Here (Score:2, Informative)

by tpwch ( 748980 ) writes:

since its going pretty slow, help save their bandwidth. here is a torrent: http://www.tpwch.com/temp/the_complete_freebsd.tor rent
- Re:Torrent Here (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by lee7guy ( 659916 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @02:24PM (#14810189)
  
  Another torrent http://tinyurl.com/nkw6f [tinyurl.com] containing the PDF and sources, from the OSNews article [osnews.com] a couple of days ago...
  
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- Re:Torrent Here (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by tpwch ( 748980 ) writes:
  
  oops, accidentaly used the bold tag instead of the link tag. clickable version of the url: http://www.tpwch.com/temp/the_complete_freebsd.tor rent [tpwch.com]http://www.tpwch.com/temp/the_complete_freebsd .torrent>
Creative Commons (Score:3, Informative)

by Stradenko ( 160417 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @02:11PM (#14810055) Homepage

Specifically licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. [creativecommons.org]

"Creative Commons" is far too vague to be meaningful.

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- Re:Creative Commons (Score:2)
  
  by jmorris42 ( 1458 ) * writes:
  
  Exactly why RMS no longer endorses their use. Because this particular license is about as 'Free' as a download of Internet Explorer.
  - Re:Creative Commons (Score:1)
    
    by Arandir ( 19206 ) writes:
    
    Because this particular license is about as 'Free' as a download of Internet Explorer.
    This isn't software, it's a book. While technical in nature, it is still someone's personal expression. Once you modify it, it's not longer personal.
- Re:Creative Commons (Score:2)
  
  by bcrowell ( 177657 ) writes:
  
  My printed copy (4th edition, 2003) says, "This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, Version 1.0.8 or later." So now we have a somewhat goofy situation. It's always been legal for you to photocopy the printed book and sell copies on eBay, because the OPL is a real honest-to-god free license. But now there's a digital version of the book that you can copy but not sell. I guess you can have it digital or you can have it free-as-in-spee
  - Re:Creative Commons (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by bcrowell ( 177657 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @08:51PM (#14813412) Homepage
    
    Ah, I finally got through to the web site. He explicitly says that he's open to having other people produce and sell the book commercially, but he's using the noncommercial CC to force them to contact him and discuss it before he gives the go-ahead.
    
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    - Re:Creative Commons (Score:4, Informative)
      
      by Eivind Eklund ( 5161 ) writes: on Tuesday February 28, 2006 @05:10AM (#14815185) Journal
      
      I'll follow that up with saying that Greg's usually a fairly easy guy to deal with.
      Eivind.
      
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Coralized links (Score:4, Informative)

by __aaitqo8496 ( 231556 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @02:19PM (#14810123) Journal

http://www.lemis.com.nyud.net:8090/grog/Documentat ion/CFBSD/ [nyud.net]

The complete book [nyud.net] in gzipped PostScript form (about 2.8 MB).
The complete book [nyud.net] in gzipped PDF form (about 5 MB). This version has minor format problems with ligatures. If possible, use the PostScript version.
The complete sources [nyud.net] for rebuilding the book (about 9.5 MB), gzipped tar.

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- A few notes (Score:1, Offtopic)
  
  by temojen ( 678985 ) writes:
  
  I wouldn't use postscript files from random sources in a local viewer (but I would on a printer). PostScript is a turing-complete language with filesystem and network access.
  
  Gzipped PDF? They do know about the Gzip compression option in the PDF standard, right? Use the PDF compression and you can open it directly in Acrobat, XPDF, kghostview, Preview, or whathaveyou.
  - Re:A few notes (Score:2)
    
    by compass46 ( 259596 ) writes:
    
    Gzipped PDF? They do know about the Gzip compression option in the PDF standard, right?
    
    Ummmmm, I'm guessing Greg realized it would take him 2 seconds to type `gzip file.pdf` rather than integrating it into the doc sources and rebuilding...
  - Re:A few notes (Score:2)
    
    by Arandir ( 19206 ) writes:
    
    You should STILL have to zip it up afterwards. Otherwise when someone clicks on the link the PDF gets displayed in the browser instead of downloaded. While we all know how to use a right click to download, it does prevent hordes of Windows and Mac users (and even a few KDE and GNOME users) from tearing you a new asshole for your rudeness. Trust me, I know from experience.
- Re:Coralized links (Score:1)
  
  by In Fraudem Legis ( 937585 ) writes:
  
  Thanks :)
Worthwhile, even outside of *BSD (Score:4, Insightful)

by fak3r ( 917687 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @02:20PM (#14810138) Homepage

This book is worthwhile for anyone running a server, not just *BSD users. There's plenty of specifics of running servers and configuration that makes this an invaluable aide to any sys admin. Honestly I think it gets a little slow when it walks you through the installer (!) but I guess that's why it's "complete"! Recommended.

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Should be good... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

..Anyonw with a beard like that must know UNIX!
If the site ever comes up again (Score:2)

by putko ( 753330 ) writes:

You should make sure to check out the picture of the author. He looks like a he could be a Unix hacker!

The book is excellent too of course, which is why this is so cool.

Also, the book is truly excellent. He's got very, very useful stuff in there.

My only more favorite author on the same topic is Lucas, who has a few books out from "No Starch Press".
- Re:If the site ever comes up again (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by TheRaven64 ( 641858 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @03:12PM (#14810701) Journal
  
  You should make sure to check out the picture of the author. He looks like a he could be a Unix hacker!
  The author was a member of the FreeBSD core team for a little while. That's about as much of a UNIX hacker as it's possible to be...
  
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  - Re:If the site ever comes up again (Score:4, Informative)
    
    by freshman_a ( 136603 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @03:21PM (#14810787) Homepage Journal
    
    The author was a member of the FreeBSD core team for a little while. That's about as much of a UNIX hacker as it's possible to be...
    
    To add to that, he's also a NetBSD developer, MySQL developer, Vinum Volume Manager developer, and has contributed code to the Linux kernel.
    
    So yes, I'd say he's one helluva UNIX hacker.
    
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Great book (Score:1)

by GomezAdams ( 679726 ) writes:

Greg Leahy writes one of the finest *IX books ever and now it's free. Highly recommended. I got my first copy with FreeBSD 2.2 in it. I learned more about UNIX in one place from the book that anywhere else.
- Re:Great book (Score:1)
  
  by Timex ( 11710 ) * writes:
  
  Greg Leahy writes one of the finest *IX books ever and now it's free. Highly recommended. I got my first copy with FreeBSD 2.2 in it. I learned more about UNIX in one place from the book that anywhere else.
  
  Greg is a very interesting guy. I've had several opportunities to talk with him.
  
  I also have a signed copy of the third edition! :D
Mirrored here to help reduce bandwidth... (Score:1)

by Xaroth ( 67516 ) writes:

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.lemis.com Port 80

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Hope that helps!
- Re:Mirrored here to help reduce bandwidth... (Score:2)
  
  by afabbro ( 33948 ) writes:
  
  Well, perhaps if they were running FreeBSD...
  
  Apache/1.3.34 Debian mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a mod_tsunami/3.0 PHP/4.4.2-1 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 mod_auth_pgsql/0.9.12.1 mod_ssl/2.8.25 OpenSSL/0.9.8a mod_choke/0.06
Corel uses 8080 now not 8090 (Score:1)

by Exstatica ( 769958 ) * writes:

http://www.lemis.com.nyud.net:8080/grog/Documentat ion/CFBSD/ [nyud.net]
Cheap printing/binding? (Score:3)

by cerberusss ( 660701 ) writes: on Monday February 27, 2006 @03:56PM (#14811070) Journal

Often I encounter PDFs online which I'd like to read in/on the backyard/holiday/couch. Besides the obvious buying, does anyone have tips on specific printershops/chains that cheaply print and bind stuff like this? Prices, perhaps?

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Which version? (Score:2)

by eric76 ( 679787 ) writes:

Which version is this?

I already have the 3rd edition that I bought a few years ago.
- Re:Which version? (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by LurkerXXX ( 667952 ) writes:
  
  "Fourth Edition"
  "Tenth anniversary version, 24, Febuary 2006"
- Re:*BSD is Dying (Score:2)
  
  by turbidostato ( 878842 ) writes:
  
  Of course, *specially* here this had to come out.
  
  Thanks for your dedication, Mr Anonymous Coward.
Re-Think the "It's Gotta Be As Big As" mindset (Score:2)

by ivi ( 126837 ) writes:

After noticing that the author's download server had gotten SlashDotted,
I took the time to browse the book's History.

I was taken aback to find that he had acted (IMHO) sheepish in response
to someone else's input of the form: "It needs more pages" ('reminds me
of the Emporer's line - in Amadeus - "It needs more notes" ...both mind-
less comments on a work by people not interested enough to get -inside-
the heads or hearts of the creators).

For all kinds of
- - Re:Minor correction (Score:2)
    
    by WinterSolstice ( 223271 ) writes:
    
    lol - I loved that bit:
    
    Emperor Joseph II: Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.
    Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?
    
    -WS
- misquote (Score:1)
  
  by overbom ( 461949 ) writes:
  
  "Too many notes" is the line you're thinking of.
- Re:Re-Think the "It's Gotta Be As Big As" mindset (Score:1)
  
  by Arandir ( 19206 ) writes:
  
  - until the publishing world goes all electronic: more trees must die
  
  In case you didn't know it, paper comes from trees raised on farms.

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