Michael is indeed a gem and I am happy to hear that his writing is equally strong on the FreeBSD side of things. Absolute OpenBSD was my introduction to OpenBSD

Michael is indeed a gem and I am happy to hear that his writing is equally strong on the FreeBSD side of things. Absolute OpenBSD was my introduction to OpenBSD in the mid-00s and I just recently re-read the latest edition (a new one is rumoured to be in the works) now that I am looking to go back to OpenBSD. Yes, you can absolutely just go with the manuals and FAQ with the amount of Unix-like experience I have at this point, but Michael frequently notes clever tricks and confers the different mentality on things that exists in the OpenBSD community. This, in short, is priceless. I have worked through Httpd and Relayd Mastery as well and I am eyeing up SNMP Mastery, Ed Mastery (I expect Michael to make me laugh a good few times), and SSH Mastery after I am done with OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems and (not by Michael though) The book of PF. Keeping Michael fed seems like a great way to bring more BSD knowledge out there and hopefully keep an alternative to the now so very corporate (and much larger) Linux sphere going.