From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 16 8:46: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail3.mia.bellsouth.net (mail3.mia.bellsouth.net [205.152.16.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358F414A14 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:46:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from otterr@bellsouth.net) Received: from bellsouth.net (adsl-77-244-61.mia.bellsouth.net [216.77.244.61]) by mail3.mia.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id LAA17570; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:44:00 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3881AE43.E3267321@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:40:51 +0000 From: Otter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: TONY SIM , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a question References: <000801bf6039$a303c980$d301fc3f@y2s> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG TONY SIM wrote: > i just got a freebsd 3.3 some weeks ago, but it was kinda hard to > use.... it is currently installed in my old computer so i can learn > how to use it without interrupting my school work (i'm just a high > school student) i was wondering, however, if there was a news letters > that can teach novice, like myself, to use unix or define terms 'n > uses in unix... (i still don't understand where or how to use vi or > emacs... i mean, what r they for? r they like edit.com in dos? oh, > 'n they are only 2 out of million things i am confused about...) sorry > to trouble you... i'm just really excited to have unix which sounds > so legendary, yet very frustrated because i can't use it.... thanx a > lot for reading thus far... have a nice day ^^ ====================== > > ¾ðÀ糪 ¿ô´Â ¾ó±¼·Î... > ªÀº »î, Àç¹ÌÀÖ°Ô...±×ÁÒ? > > to get that "warm n' fuzzy feeling" that you're looking for, you had > better be willing to read. it takes time, but in a short time, you'll > have the basics down pat. subscribing to this list is a good way to > learn. just look at the topics and read those which you think may > apply to you and learn from the answers that others give. don't be > afraid to try new things on your machine, especially since it's on a > second machine. Some places to start are: > Read http://www.freebsad.org/handbook > http://www.freebsdrocks.com/ > http://daily.daemonnews.org > > there are other sites too, but these are good places to start as they > have many relevant links to follow. "The Complete FreeBSD" , 3rd > Edition, by Greg Lehey, is a good book to have handy in case your > online resources are not available at the time (isp's do not have 100% > functionality). > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message