The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD: Frugal Unix for Power Users

by Dru Lavigne

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430226413
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	03/22/2010
Series:	Expert's Voice in BSD
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

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.

Table of Contents

• Introducing PC-BSD
• Installing PC-BSD
• Customizing the Desktop
• Getting Around
• Performing Common Tasks
• User System Settings
• Administrative System Settings
• Push Button Installer System
• FreeBSD Packages
• FreeBSD Ports
• Getting Help
• Getting Involved
• Advanced Tasks
• Becoming a Developer