From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 22:56:58 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 DFEBD1065670 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:56:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E838FC16 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:56:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so1479025yxe.3 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:56:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hBcl3yABtk4+HEBTzGFtRGgXFQ8zX1I7TvJya54Fkr0=; b=GoRoVsXmJXV2SYuh3J5VIjgVZws6iLG0dVLtk0qVU2ZnsPMTq/iYCO6K/JnNycf+q4 QgOu78TM4xk+S5V+uuVMCwCRZ+hqvnN781C6jvgP5TphcvcdZftLgCAofLS8dw0MtEIp PH3XyYpJ/g5K6+y0YjCQgfJpKenePub/YA2zg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JUoxGtzOEYpl6cLWVTThtTWz/oEe6Aq8r4h9jgdhDIVoaLxNeqcOVZ+ornknwQVdv1 3rxBG1ybAiA0phw3n/nBQHOYXN2b+6rU8uJz2Zj7tmFjfjypk4UBtlmvgA1AJj0EuERa Q8nxZ+87Kw7VRNIm+RtWcazakVgRuoogGDM+0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.192.7 with SMTP id p7mr1043199ybf.100.1249599417630; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:56:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <945518.43400.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <945518.43400.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:56:57 -0500 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: James Phillips Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 22:56:59 -0000 >> 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 breaki= ng 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 learni= ng 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). > I'm still a bit dumb-founded, because I'm not sure what an answer to that question would look like and how one could formulate a "decent" answer. I wonder if installing fBSD on a "sand-box" partition/machine and just build sand castles until you're comfortable is the best way to go. If your looking for someone (i.e., one or three folks) to say, "Oh, fBSD is very intuitive and if you know M$, then the migration should be a breeze!" Good luck! In fact, how would you treat any answer that you got to your question. I think you should just try it (I suspect having a linux background will help). > > Regards, > > James Phillips > > > =A0 =A0 =A0______________________________________________________________= ____ > 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 >