From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 1 22:30:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E5A16A41F for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:30:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 277B143D5D for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:30:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jB1MUP8E017318; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3F7DBB84B; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "Douglass, Erik" Message-ID: <20051201223025.GA53664@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "Douglass, Erik" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <566E54419328A642A3A6E91376E885B1048EA093@txex.tx.get> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <566E54419328A642A3A6E91376E885B1048EA093@txex.tx.get> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:30:32 -0000 --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:54:46PM -0600, Douglass, Erik wrote: > After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I > have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have > it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any > recommendations/tips or books for acquainting one's self with FreeBSD > with no *nix experience I would greatly appreciate them. It's easiest to start with the stuff that comes with it:=20 the FreeBSD Handbook. It should be installed in /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ For a beginner, I would especially reccommend chapters 3, 11 and 13. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDj3mBEnfvsMMhpyURAgjfAJ9RcQTSUmCSAetT6o9IVoMLY+5PJQCfUJI9 DDyRvp4KVH9nauExEiAQ/1E= =G6Sc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--