Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:05:37 +0100 From: arden <arden@nildram.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie Message-ID: <20051205000537.486e902e.arden@nildram.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051201223025.GA53664@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <566E54419328A642A3A6E91376E885B1048EA093@txex.tx.get> <20051201223025.GA53664@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > 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: > 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 > -- > R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. > public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt > I've been "playing" with *nix for a few years now still class myself as a newbie found the best way to learn is though practice have a project you want from the box this month lots of google.com/bsd then when/if you brake something ask for help on here :) you learn learn lots by putting things right After all its not a production box you are playing with Arden
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