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Book:   The OpenBSD 4.1 Crash Course
Subject:   Good, but I wanted a little more
Date:   2007-03-17 16:51:54
From:   Harold S
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

I wanted it to be more in depth. A real plus are the links to relevant documentation on the openbsd.org site, but there are far too few of those. Far too much time spent on describing how to set up the PC BIOS. I really could not figure out why so many pages were spent on the upgrade from 3.9 section -- what does that have to do with an OpenBSD 4.0 crash course? I would say some strong editorial direction would help - to make the crash course concentrate on how OpenBSD differs from other Unix platforms (include commands and philosophies unique to OpenBSD) - after all administrators contemplating a shot at OpenBSD are probably your target audience.


All in all I would recommend the text to anyone though. There were helpful sections despite my comments. Thank you.

The OpenBSD 4.1 Crash Course