The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD

Frugal Unix for Power Users
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4302-2641-3
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

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

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lavigne, Dru

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme UNIX Betriebssysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing PC-BSD
2. Installing PC-BSD
3. Customizing the Desktop
4. Getting Around
5. Performing Common Tasks
6. User System Settings
7. Administrative System Settings
8. Push Button Installer System
9. FreeBSD Packages
10. FreeBSD Ports
11. Getting Help
12. Getting Involved
13. Advanced Tasks
14. Becoming a Developer

Über Autor(innen)

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.