From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 11 10:55:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megared.net.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A26155DF for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:55:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.252]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA74251; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:54:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <031e01bee422$ae090400$fca3f9cf@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Roy Bettle" , "Questions List FreeBSD.org" References: <37B1B029.51C09A83@criterion-group.com> Subject: RE: Idiot seeks brain. Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:55:21 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Check this sites out: http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ http://www.freebsdzine.org/ http://freebsd.peon.net/freebsd/index.html http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/index.htm http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/ http://www.freebsdrocks.com/ http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/ http://www.daemonnews.org/ I hope this helps... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Bettle To: Questions List FreeBSD.org Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:17 PM Subject: Idiot seeks brain. > Damn ... > > I've read just about every message that's gone through for the past 3 > weeks or so (since I joined the list), and basically I wish I could > borrow one of your brains for just a little bit while I figure out how > to back-up/restore your UNIX/*BSD experience into my poor, > Micro$haft-muddled brain. > > Where do I go to start *at the beginning*? I need to better understand > the background/culture/norms of the *BSD community. I see these notes > going back and forth discussing "motif" and "ssh" and "tsk" and other > similar (programs?) and I feel like a blind man in a room full of > expensive, breakable objects that everyone else can see and understand. > > Hey, I'm a pretty smart guy (taught myself how to configure a Cisco > 4000-series router; 3 interfaces) ... who's feeling REALLY dumb. Please > help me out. > > I'm pretty thorough too; read through about 10% of the ports list so far > (freebsd.org/ports). > > Is the book "The UNIX Administrator's Handbook" (did I get the title > right?) what I'm looking for? Is there somewhere on the Web that I can > go to? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > RAB > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message