From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 22:41:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD2410656B9 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:41:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anti_spam256@yahoo.ca) Received: from web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 941C28FC17 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 43689 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Aug 2009 22:41:41 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1249598500; bh=nKlHE+A4yeBGktiBIBKXJEfLtEwpI+mWwvz+ISaeXiQ=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NsPqtsvb7Eg0XGBskMgWBdttmze2HXppnMgnYk3V3vqdB/BJkdTV6uQBf4Eiwo9DnfUVrfo+fdaydiDBDWB18lSN/V4Tdj2jtYiI5/yZsx6fmXwv72IqlXzuHUel41FcCNYEMjHIbf7T8fvP+N8g5dhgmuAKDgjTj8Acb2DgUMc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=I/GpOOT7SDEAGPhaLnQ/ioRn3yM/DQlVEJ6+x4gvxNNYOKAP7egLF7aElS5ZnM/DYoxOTTQKymr8cPSoz0imgeo5gEvO2bdpLq8/inKjgnGmgPRQDjbpZof5R4fb4g1y9NfKuMC1dM+hP1JpUlN8kLq7b/PmpegAcXVktZ8bRIg=; Message-ID: <945518.43400.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 3SdqwBMVM1lQG_CiVuxMc1XoQEUdRst2xN4VJSd.IqdD2km5DkH6u2B9HJSMd_aM2uE_xXX_9g9I3w7aI0dqbBAxBzmdRXwoh8hPrIV.9bWuTNu1oycSuiCy49F_3Ix1gAbJm1tMlN5RIg4Ft6UvSVkXUgP7mlOly3aRUnWsq8rZAqkTVM0CNqjsQ6EP8Q15TBXI_QxkSFUOOZCf_SXPnitL9bRTHq.Gcmg4bf7CflF4HtsET660gj4qpaltwE5fljHTM31Oej.fFMRO28p4p1PZuNabN7uWEyXxvxReZNATFJq4Iht1eibDOh0mgjEgle723zp1WLlcUCUNXlCT4WPoZW8Z5g65uw-- Received: from [208.99.137.71] by web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:41:40 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.1.2 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.15 Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:41:40 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips To: Neal Hogan In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: > upgrade 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:41:42 -0000 --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Neal Hogan wrote: > > So, this long story boils down to the following > question: > > > > What is that best way to use the handbook and related > documentation (like man-pages)? > > > > What?! > > Ummm . . . read them. I'm not trying to be too big of a > dick, but your > question strikes me as odd. Read them when you come across > something > that is troubling you. I suppose there is no need to read > about, say, > wifi card drivers that you don't use. > > > I am willing to do some reading, but get distracted by > irrelevant or sometimes too low-level stuff. I want to avoid > programing as much as possible until I actually have a > work-station I am comfortable playing around with. > > How do you expect to get comfortable w/out "playing > around," other > than, I guess (a'la above) reading the documentation? > Put another way: I want a reliable, backed-up file-server before playing around on my "workstation" that would be a separate computer. I want to build myself a "sand-box" so I don't have to worry about breaking stuff that is unrelated. Another way of asking the question: How much of a learning curve is configuring FreeBSD (for Samba, NFS, DVD burning (backups) expected to be? Am I reading too much because of a learning disability, or do I really need to read and understand that much detail? I have some experience with Dos/Windows, and Linux (mainly Debian based). Regards, James Phillips __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com