Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:55:03 -0400 From: "Denny Jodeit" <denny@jodeit.com> To: "Mark Jayson Alvarez" <jay2xra@yahoo.com>, "Lloyd Hayes" <wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD weakness(It's not. hear my story) Message-ID: <000901c4567a$5e58e720$6f830acf@gdennyj> References: <20040620015951.17472.qmail@web51606.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jayson Alvarez" <jay2xra@yahoo.com> To: "Lloyd Hayes" <wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 9:59 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD weakness(It's not. hear my story) > Hi Lloyd, > > Let me share you my experience with learning > freebsd. I promise you... you'll throw away those > expensive books that you have bought after reading my > story.. > > A few months ago, I was totally a Windows user. > I've already heard about Linux from a friend but not > exactly Unix.. That friend of mine was convincing me > to use the same OS he's using but I refused to cause > I've seen nothing graphical with he's OS(running the > whole thing in Terminal without using any Desktop > environment). But then something bright have sparked > in my mind and decided to search Google for "best > Operating System". And so I've landed on Windows, > Freebsd, MacOS and, Linux comparison.. Of the four > OS's featured, I've never heard anything about FreeBSD > and so I went to their site to find out more... And my > journey began there... > After finishing the installation of Freebsd(using > only the handbook and nothing else) I've landed on > this so called terminal.. Mind you, I'm completely new > to Unix and I know not a thing, not even the "ls" > command.. Learning that FreeBSD is a Unix like > operating system, I began searching google for "Unix > commands" and I've downloaded something in PDF format > comparing the commands in MSDOS(which I'm used with) > and those that are used in Unix.. > And that's it!!! With a few resources at hand I was > able to do all of the things I used to do in Windows > without having too much trouble in FreeBSD.. > Now, I'm still reading FreeBSD's Handbook and I'm > already on the Chapter 19-Advance Networking.. > preparing my self for a career in Networking being > just a fresh graduate.. > I tell you... learning one thing is not about the > those fancy Documents and instructions that would help > you out along the way... It's about having that > willingness and passion to learn that thing.. It's > about having the confidence that, "hey, if they've > learned this, why can't I?!" Knowledge is a long race, > and don't you worry my friend.. you're not the last in > this race... 'cause no one has ever gone too far.. > > Hope this thought would help you out and all of > those beginners like "us" whom would want to dwell > into the simple but complicated world of Unix > computing... > > Regards to all Mailers > -jay:-) > > > Jay, You got the spirit. >From what you've said here, you went at it exactly like I did. Denny
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