Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:26:08 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: URL and Opinions on how to really learn something Message-ID: <19980821082608.23489@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <35DC550F.3E76A4F3@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:55:43PM -0400 References: <35DC550F.3E76A4F3@aei.ca>
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On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:55:43PM -0400, Malartre wrote:
>
> The main thing I hate with Unix is than there is no standarisation, so
> you need to read a lot of stuff who do not really matter about such and
> such situation (exemple: sh vs csh, will I learn both? Do I need to
> learn both? Also System V vs BSD vs AIX vs HP-UX etc...: they always
> give a lot of documentation on both way in the same document, this is
> why my old Oreilly book have 500 pages on Unix, and only ½ of them apply
> for BSD, if not less)
> Hope it will help
You've hit the nail on the head. While there's a lot of resources
around, it is very difficult to find and select those that are worth
recommending. A good example is unix guides for beginners. There's
thousands of them, but which ones are good? Someone who knows
absolutely nothing about unix can't judge very well, and it takes a lot
of time to look through a large list of them.
What should a basic introductory unix guide for new FreeBSD users offer?
Off the top of my head...
- make no assumptions about prior knowledge (or state them up front)
- contain no errors
- relevant to my system (FreeBSD)
- relevant to my configuration (e.g. describes the same shell)
- easy to understand, good pace
- explain concepts as well as how-to
- demonstrate how to use the concepts to expand on learned skills
- show how what is learned can be put into daily use
- make me feel confident, not stupid
- suggest where to go to learn more
Anything else?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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