From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 16:05:57 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46CD7C94 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (relay6-d.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:c:538::198]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0452E9BA for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mfilter30-d.gandi.net (mfilter30-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.161]) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2918FFB887; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:05:54 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter30-d.gandi.net Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]) by mfilter30-d.gandi.net (mfilter30-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DMWHLP80gpj8; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:05:52 +0100 (CET) X-Originating-IP: 10.58.1.146 Received: from webmail.gandi.net (unknown [10.58.1.146]) (Authenticated sender: mayuresh@kathe.in) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C1805FB8B6; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:05:52 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:35:52 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe To: Polytropon Subject: Re: freebsd : newbie : learning acceleration =?UTF-8?Q?tasks/problems=3F?= Reply-To: mayuresh@kathe.in Mail-Reply-To: mayuresh@kathe.in In-Reply-To: <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: X-Sender: mayuresh@kathe.in User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:57 -0000 On 2015-01-17 21:27, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:38:55 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >> would like to know if there be some kind of a "set of tasks" or >> "problems" which a newbie could be expected to solve on their own or >> with some amount of hand holding from the community to accelerate the >> learning process for the newbie. > > My very individual view: > > Performing common tasks are the best way to introduce > yourself to the system. It's important to know _where_ > you find information and _how_ you access documentation. > Have the FreeBSD handbook available, the FAQ, the Wiki. > Know about the "man" and "apropos" commands. Then start > to perform "everyday tasks", such as installing the OS, > installing packages, updating installed packages. If > you're familiar with that, add users, manage them. > Turn to the applications you're using, for example, > configure mail, maybe a web server, check out how > the syslog facility works. It's also important to > know about the configuration files of the system, > which also have a manpage to look at, as well as > examples (in /usr/share/examples). Also get familiar > with the concepts of the ports collection. You can > also learn a lot by building software from source, > as well as updating the OS from source. In addition, > if you have a "spare system" to "play" with (in fact, > to learn with!), or a VM for that purpose, it will be > a great tool for achieving UNIX skills. > > This _might_ sound complex or complicated, but in fact, > it isn't. It only requires the ability to read and > to think. It's not even hard. :-) cool, thanks for the tips. your suggestions are actually in-line with the format of "think unix" by jon lasser. ~mayuresh