The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD - Softcover

Lavigne, Dru

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1430226412 ISBN 13: 9781430226413

Publisher: Apress, 2010

Synopsis

This book is the ultimate reference for both beginners and power users to PC-BSD―the free, easy-to-use operating system based on FreeBSD. Existing power users will learn how to look under the hood and contribute to the global PC-BSD community. PC-BSD is turning into a hassle-free alternative to Linux on the desktop.

• Enjoy secure, virus-free computing
• Quickly become a power user

About this title

About the Author

Dru Lavigne has been using the Berkeley Software Distribution family of operating systems since the mid-1990s, and PC-BSD has been her primary desktop since 2006. A network and systems administrator and information technology instructor, she has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she is the author of BSD Hacks (O'Reilly, 2004) and The Best of FreeBSD Basics (Reed Media Services, 2007). Dru is currently the editor-in-chief of the Open Source Business Resource, a free monthly publication covering open source and the commercialization of open source assets. She is founder and current chair of the BSD Certification Group, a non-profit organization with a mission to create the standard for certifying BSD system administrators. She maintains a blog at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1430226412
• ISBN 13: 9781430226413
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400