Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:52:28 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: Caleb Walker <cwalker@computech-ca.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081050180.32540-100000@boris.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <38C69F74.840D05B2@acuson.com>
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Step four: Wrap lines at ~72 characters. ;) Sorry, couldn't resist. On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, David Johnson wrote: > Step One: Learn Unix. Notice that I didn't say "learn FreeBSD". > Picking up a book on FreeBSD is great, but a book on just plain Unix > is even better. You never know when the next computer you have to work > on will have IRIX, Solaris, Linux or something else. You're in luck, > though, because the various BSDs are closer to the atypical Unix than > some other unices. > > Step Two: Don't fear the command line. You don't have to love it, but > don't try to avoid it. You will learn much more about Unix by fiddling > with it, than by watching some GUI front end do the fiddling for you. > Learn vi. Learn sh and csh. Then use bash or tcsh. > > Step Three: Now that you've learned FreeBSD, don't get too gung-ho > over it. Don't get into fights with Linux users (even if they start > it). FreeBSD does not have the popularity of Linux in part because it > was too low-key about itself. But taking the opposite extreme won't > help either. Some of the rabid Linux advocates do more harm than good. > When people ask you have FreeBSD, don't gloss over the rough spots and > don't exaggerate the easy parts. Finally, don't make fun of your > former MSCE colleages, or any non-Unix user. > > Hope some of this helps, > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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