Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:14:19 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, questions@freebsd.org, BONGANI MANGANYE <205038328@cput.ac.za> Subject: Re: freebsd Message-ID: <20090817191419.GA59618@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0908171051y4c4e2669lcdfcc5e9a2e9381@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A894DFB.4C29.0070.0@cput.ac.za> <20090817160125.GD56581@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <6201873e0908171019v5e9e898uff62afc083f2b1e5@mail.gmail.com> <20090817174402.GA59192@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <6201873e0908171051y4c4e2669lcdfcc5e9a2e9381@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:51:37PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:19:25PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, the best thing is to get a computer, install FreeBSD and tinker > > > > around with it until you get a good feel for it. > > > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 7 years later... > > > > It doesn't take that long. > > Using it for a couple of months begins to create a good familiarity. > > > > Now, if you really want to be an expert - few of us are that - then you > > need to pick some problems or improvements, build the changes and > > submit them for inclusion. - eg become a FreeBSD developer. > > > > But, to become an effective user does not require that much. > > It is just easier to 'visualize' it when you are really using > > it in addition to just reading about it. > > > > ////jerry > > > > Sorry, my sense of humor is often said to be too dry. Point was it's > awfully addicting if you go that route. Much like Alice in Wonderland if > you follow the rabbit down the hole. Well, that it can be. There is a lot that can be learned and a lot that can be created. -- and it works! ////jerry > > > -- > Adam Vande More
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