The FreeBSD Handbook

About this book

**The FreeBSD Handbook** is a comprehensive FreeBSD tutorial and reference. It covers installation, day-to-day use of FreeBSD, and much more. This book begins with a comprehensive installation walkthrough, followed by an introduction to the basic system components covering topics such as: Unix basics, installing applications, and the X window system. In addition, you'll find in-depth coverage of various FreeBSD system administration topics such as: system configuration and tuning, user account management, building a custom kernel, updating your system, sound and multimedia, system security, advanced networking, and Linux binary compatibility, to name a few. This Handbook is authored by the FreeBSD Documentation Project, a group of volunteers coordinating efforts through the Internet. Unpaid, these individuals strive to advocate FreeBSD by contributing useful documentation for others. Within these pages is the result of many years of hard work.