A definite must have. The layout of content was pretty standard. The topics pretty standard. But the authors did a good job at keeping it simple and not assuming anything. They defined issues, concepts, and explained various ways to accomplish specific tasks. They did not try to impress / aneshetize me with over the top verbage or 1001 ways to use the ls command. They told me what I needed to do, why I need to do it, where everthing is, and how to go about doing it. Within a few days i was shell scripting, building kernels, loading ports and packages, configuring my network, configuring my mail server and web server, and a lot of other fun stuff. Hope you enjoy this book as much as… Read more
