From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 24 10:59:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw2.roguewave.com (fw2.roguewave.com [208.151.233.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5BD155F2 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:59:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carey@roguewave.com) Received: by fw2.roguewave.com; id TAA29928; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cvo1.cvo.roguewave.com(10.68.4.36) via SMTP by hub.FreeBSD.ORG, id smtpd029907; Thu Jun 24 19:02:30 1999 Received: by CVO1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:00:39 -0700 Message-ID: From: Woody Carey To: "'aaron'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Linux Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:00:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: aaron [mailto:merch@ptd.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 10:30 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FreeBSD and Linux > > > Hi. > I am a COMPLETE newcomer to unix operating systems...in fact, I really dont have > anything yet to begin working with it. I was thinking of getting a Linux > distribution but the best ones seem to cost a good bit of money (and I am only > 17 and have none!)....So I was thinking about trying FreeBSD.... > > My question is... > Is FreeBSD just like using Unix or Linux......for example, if I was to get a > guide for helping people use unix or linux, would I be able to use the guide for > FreeBSD??? [Format recovered - see http://www.lemis.com/email.html] [Basically, set your mailer to send plain text, not html or rtf.] Hi Aaron, First, some clarification. Both Linux and FreeBSD are what I would call different 'flavors' of Un*x. They are both really, really good. Most of what you would read in a generic unix book would apply to both Linux and FreeBSD. Less so for a Linux book. There is a FreeBSD-specific book available from Walnut Creek CDRom, http://www.cdrom.com/ . I would recommend that you buy that book + 4 cd set. Also read as much as you can on www.freebsd.org. If you want a cheaper cd, try www.cheapbytes.com and get 3.2 if they have it. Woody > THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!! No need to shout. We hear you. > Aaron Lynn > merch@ptd.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message