Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:35:52 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd : newbie : learning acceleration =?UTF-8?Q?tasks/problems=3F?= Message-ID: <c0487099735805e9c2133900bc067d97@kathe.in> In-Reply-To: <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <e22edbb4d177d99c11e47bfc5a69a7dd@kathe.in> <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2015-01-17 21:27, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:38:55 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >> would like to know if there be some kind of a "set of tasks" or >> "problems" which a newbie could be expected to solve on their own or >> with some amount of hand holding from the community to accelerate the >> learning process for the newbie. > > My very individual view: > > Performing common tasks are the best way to introduce > yourself to the system. It's important to know _where_ > you find information and _how_ you access documentation. > Have the FreeBSD handbook available, the FAQ, the Wiki. > Know about the "man" and "apropos" commands. Then start > to perform "everyday tasks", such as installing the OS, > installing packages, updating installed packages. If > you're familiar with that, add users, manage them. > Turn to the applications you're using, for example, > configure mail, maybe a web server, check out how > the syslog facility works. It's also important to > know about the configuration files of the system, > which also have a manpage to look at, as well as > examples (in /usr/share/examples). Also get familiar > with the concepts of the ports collection. You can > also learn a lot by building software from source, > as well as updating the OS from source. In addition, > if you have a "spare system" to "play" with (in fact, > to learn with!), or a VM for that purpose, it will be > a great tool for achieving UNIX skills. > > This _might_ sound complex or complicated, but in fact, > it isn't. It only requires the ability to read and > to think. It's not even hard. :-) cool, thanks for the tips. your suggestions are actually in-line with the format of "think unix" by jon lasser. ~mayuresh
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