Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:49:34 +0100 From: Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> To: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3E3000FE.9020508@mcesr.etat.lu> In-Reply-To: <u2sof68t0mz.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> References: <KFEBJMODJFGGBFKKFALKOEBHCAAA.jcbotha@cedar.org.za> <u2sof68t0mz.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
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Dan Pelleg wrote: >"JCBotha" <jcbotha@cedar.org.za> writes: > > > >>Dear Sir >> >>I am new to this operating system and became interested when I started to >>look at a solution for a network set-up. I do not know if I will be able to >>master this OS because I grew up with Windows and know nothing about UNIX OS >>systems. With windows I at least can help myself and find my way around. >> >> >> Hi, I started a few month ago, and I honestly don't regret my decision! FreeBSD is great! For your information, I knew nothing abut UNIX OSes two! Do yourself a favour, try it! I had no *NIX OS knowledge at all, I thought I would start with Linux but I honestly gave up! What I didn't like about it is that every single Distribution had it's own directory structure and startup scripts etc! When I was posting questions at a mailing List I received answers covering Red hat or other distribution and that was confusing for me as a beginner! FreeBSD is well structured and it is explained why and where to find what! Very very very important! You will see.. :-)) I would recommand the following books in order of preference: 1a) The FreeBSD Handbook - if your are not sure about choosing FreeBSD or not first have a look at the online version of the book (see the link below) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html 2) Unix Power Tools 3rd editions (which was revised and covers FreeBSD, it will give you Unix base knowledge) 3) FreeBSD Unleashed (it is really good book, and covers a little bit of everything) 4) Absolute BSD (it is a really great book but may be to difficult as a starter) Good luck! Simply give it a try, you will see after some training and reading you will fall love it! Didier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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