I had the printed handbook from the 3.x days, was a great resource and I am sure it still is.

Kinda feels like the submission title should be changed to FreeBSD Handbook, and possibly even the relevant version info.

I've said it before too, it is exemplary in terms of what documentation should be ; just read through it with a VM on, type the things, and everything just works, no googling or LLMing around. I heard it is the same for other BSDs as well, will try those some day. Also a testimony of how coherent this system is.

As a seasonned SRE it is a breathe of fresh air in this world where everything else seems to change from one version to another and nothing seems to work at first try, ever.