Chapter 1. GETTING MORE HELP

GETTING MORE HELP

As thick as this book is, it still can’t possibly cover everything you must know about FreeBSD. After all, Unix has been kicking around for close to four decades, BSD is over a quarter-century old, and FreeBSD is already a teenager. Even if you memorize this book, it won’t cover every situation you might encounter—especially when FreeBSD starts acting like a typical teenager and needs a good smack. The FreeBSD Project supports a huge variety of information resources, including numerous mailing lists and the FreeBSD website, not to mention the official manual and Handbook. Its users maintain even more documentation. ...

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