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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-14 04:33:37 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-14 04:33:37 +0000
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The Books and Articles section was very choppy due to its cut-and-paste
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
<para>The basic requirements for using this &release.type are
technical proficiency with &os; and an understanding of the
- ongoing development process of &os; &release.current; (as
+ ongoing development process of &os; &release.branch; (as
discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
<para>For those more interested in doing business with &os; than
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
<para>For any questions or general technical support issues,
please send mail to the &a.questions;.</para>
- <para>If you're tracking the -current development efforts, you
+ <para>If you're tracking the &release.branch; development efforts, you
<emphasis>must</emphasis> join the &a.current;, in order to
keep abreast of recent developments and changes that may
affect the way you use and maintain the system.
@@ -298,42 +298,10 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
- <para>Most information is also available from the Documentation
- menu during installation.</para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>Books and Articles</title>
-
- <para>Pointers to more documentation on &os; can be found in the
- <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html#BIBLIOGRAPHY-FREEBSD">Books
- &amp; Magazines Specific to FreeBSD</ulink> section of the
- &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage, many
- other articles and books written for UNIX systems are
- applicable as well. A selection of these documents can be
- found in the Handbook's <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">Bibliography</ulink>.
- </para>
-
- <para>If you're new to &os; then you should also read all of the
- documentation files listed in <xref linkend="release-docs">,
- all of which are available from the Documentation menu in the
- installation program. It may seem like a lot to read, but
- it's important to at least acquaint yourself with the types of
- information available, should you run into problems later.
- Once the system is installed, you can also revisit this menu
- by running the &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
-
- <para>On-line versions of the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
- (Frequently Asked Questions document) and <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink>
- are always available from the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
- page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the
- <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
- browser to read the FAQ and Handbook locally.</para>
+ <para>Most of this information is also available from the
+ Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
+ installed, you can revisit this menu by running the
+ &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
<note>
<para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
@@ -349,6 +317,31 @@
location).</para>
</note>
</sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Books and Articles</title>
+
+ <para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information,
+ maintained by the &os; Project,
+ are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked
+ Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink>
+ and <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
+ are always available from the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
+ page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the
+ <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
+ browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally.</para>
+
+ <para>A listing of books and other documents about &os; can be
+ found in the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink>
+ of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage,
+ many other articles and books written for UNIX systems are
+ applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the
+ bibliography.</para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
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