From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 13:41:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6222A16A4CF for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:41:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 966E043D54 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:41:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226])iB8DfMhP004610; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:41:23 +0200 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) iB8DfMcJ019180; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:41:22 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost)iB8DfMZk019176; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:41:22 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:41:22 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Milind Nanal Message-ID: <20041208134122.GA13199@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD documentation required X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:41:26 -0000 On 2004-12-08 15:55, Milind Nanal wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD & finding is little difficult with administrative > commands. I have worked on RedHat & Suse. Service startup, boot scripts, > pstree command everything seems to be different in FreeBsd compare to > RedHat or Suse. True. FreeBSD *is* different. It's not Linux, that's for sure :-) Linux distributions tend to introduce local "Linuxisms" some times. This is not truly bad and one can easily understand the motives behind the additions (compatibility with other SYSV systems, ease of use, etc). Getting used to such Linuxisms is bad though -- as you have already discovered. It tends to be important only when you have to switch to some other UNIX, which is not Linux. > Can any give me good ref URL other that FreeBSD.org to refer BSD documents. > Basic admin guide, security guide, tools, commands & tips & tricks, HOWTO is > required to get hold the OS & explore in a better manner. You can start here... . http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics.html . http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/system-administration.html Then, of course the entire Handbook may be a lot of help too... . http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Online articles and other guides are available off-site... . http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html O'Reilly's OnLamp.com has an excellent list of articles for getting started with BSD, administering BSD, e-mail, firewalls & security, or networking... . http://www.onlamp.com/pub/q/all_bsd_articles . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/getting_started . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/administration . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/email . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/firewalls . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/security . http://www.onlamp.com/topics/bsd/networking The BSDnews network has a few sites that are VERY useful... . http://bsdnews.com/ . http://ezine.daemonnews.org/ . http://support.daemonnews.org/ I guess that's enough for a good start with FreeBSD :-) - Giorgos