Absolute BSD, released by No Starch Press
NO STARCH PRESS RELEASES THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BSD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 11, 2002
San Francisco, CA -- Much to the chagrin of its many users and wannabe
users, the BSD operating system (the Berkeley System Distribution, a free
Unix) has been without a book to help in managing BSD for many years. As
true rocket scientists, BSD experts just arent the best teachers because
theyre too busy developing and improving the operating system. As author
Michael Lucas writes in Unix Review, "Those who know BSD love it. Those
unfamiliar with it wonder if it's a version of Linux, or if it runs on
Windows NT." BSD has needed a great book to demystify it and make it
accessible to millions.
ABSOLUTE BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD (No Starch Press, 1886411743,
612 pp, $39.95 US/$61.95 Cdn, Aug 02), by Michael Lucas, promises to be
that definitive and badly needed guide to BSD.
ABSOLUTE BSD "focuses on solving real-world problems systems administrators
face every day," says Lucas, who is one of only 200 FreeBSD committers
(developers who can change FreeBSDs source code). "Most other BSD books
talk about how to implement BSD-based solutions, but don't go beyond
that. Absolute BSD talks about how to manage and enhance systems that are
already in place." (FreeBSD is the most popular of five major versions of
BSD.)
BSD users will learn to:
* Custom configure the FreeBSD kernel
* Use advanced security features like packet filtering and virtual machines
* Manage system-level software and work with add-on software; manage
network services and filesystems
* Use DNS, and set up email, Web, and FTP services for servers and clients
* Back up their systems and recover from system crashes, debug problems,
and prepare problem reports
* Use performance-testing and troubleshooting tools to monitor their systems
BSD is a robust, reliable, and free Unix whose popularity is
exploding. According to Lucas, "The adoption of BSD has accelerated with
Apple's adoption of FreeBSD as the base of the new Mac OS X. Collaboration
within the various branches of the BSD community is at an unparalleled
height."
Available in bookstores everywhere or from No Starch Press directly
(http://www.nostarch.com),
ABSOLUTE BSD promises to be the complete and authoritative guide that
millions of BSD users have been anxiously awaiting.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Lucas is one of only about 200 FreeBSD committers, a FreeBSD
columnist for the OReilly Network, and a contributor to Sys Admin
Magazine. He has been a pet wrangler, a librarian, a security consultant,
and now works as a network engineer and systems administrator.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Table of contents: http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd_toc.htm
Sample chapter: http://www.nostarch.com/AbsoluteBSD18.pdf
About No Starch Press
Since 1994, San Francisco based No Starch Press has been dedicated to
producing readable, information-packed computer books. One of the few
remaining independent computer book publishers, No Starch Press focuses on
open source, web development, security, programming, and alternative
operating systems.
Contact: Janet del Mundo, janet@nostarch.com or 415-863-9900.
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