From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 8 10:38:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA12734 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:38:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from send1b.yahoomail.com (send1b.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA12722 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:38:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgireyev@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19980108183825.3905.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Received: from [156.153.255.218] by send1b; Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:38:25 PST Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:38:25 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev Subject: Re: First time in Un*x To: mtg@dmi.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Oh yes, how to climb Mount Everest!?!? Well, it's easier when it's broken down into smaller pieces. (Not easy just easier). However, the rewards are well worth it. The way I see it is that un*x breaks neatly into several major categories. Like: 1. Getting around, i.e. using the Shells 2. System Administration. 3. Networking 4. Programming. 5. Using some specific program(s) 6. Misceleneous What I would do if I were in your position is identify which areas you currently are pursuing and target those. One way is to get a decent book another is to ask a question right here. Some specific book recomendations: 1. Unix for DOS users :-) 2. Unix Unleashed 3. HTML/Internet programming book that covers Apache or there are at least two books I've seen specifically for Apache. These titles are not exact but somewhat close. DO NOT buy the "Red Book" on System Administration yet. You'll find it useless for a year or two. Rudy ---"Michael T. Gray, met" wrote: > > Hi, > I spent a lot of time getting opinions about UN*x and decided on > FreeBSD with an Apache WWW server. I have worked on computers for 20 > years, mostly DOS, lots of networks, several program languages including > C/C++. I am setting up a Web Server. > I downloaded Apache from FreeBSD and am ready to set it up. Only > problem is, I have no idea how. Most of the instructions say something > like: "configure it however you wish", or "setup the way you like". Are > there better resources for this? Books I am finding either assume you've > never seen anything more technical than an abacus, or assume you are an > expert and really don't need a book other than to create an impressive > bookshelf. Any suggestions? > Thanks, MTG > > -- > ************************************* > MTG EnterPrizes > URL: http://www.dmi.net/mtg/ > Email: mtg@dmi.net > Smail: PO Box 9261 > Nampa, Id 83652-9261 > ************************************* > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com