From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 23:56:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA14106566C for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (asmtp1.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12088FC0A for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:56:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p7INu8fD006421; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:56:08 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-141-130.as13285.net [92.22.141.130]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p7INu7Je006414; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:56:07 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 84E4233C1F; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:56:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:56:07 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: scott mcclellan Message-ID: <20110818235607.GA69969@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:56:11 -0000 --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--