Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:56:07 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: scott mcclellan <rockabyeinn@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: new to os Message-ID: <20110818235607.GA69969@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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--mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote: > > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm > going through a midlife crisis). > > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate > back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - > on a TRS-80). I know remember extremely little of OS vernacular. > > Am I biting off more than I can chew, or is there a OS commands for > dummies out there, or does FreeBSD have such a critter that one can > go through. > > I'll pour through the FAQ and got hrough the online manuals for now. > But it all seems greek. Can someone point me in a diresction to > degreek this stuff for me. > > Thanks, > > Scott McClellan I'll give you one tip for free: keep your line length to less than 80 chars when posting to a unix list, say 74. As for where to start, I'd probably start by buying a book or two. "Unix in a Nutshell" pub. O'Reilly comes to mind. That should familiarise yourself with most of the common commands. If you decide to use FreeBSD then the freely available Handbook is a must read: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Any questions that can't be answered by Googling, then post here. Welcome to FreeBSD! Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5NppYACgkQHduKvUAgeK5lKgCfYWXGatow5n2wuwHo+5nF5Ple 0pEAn0znRirtwLBng59NSTbf7UkmZz8t =vXil -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ--
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