From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 26 15:28:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BF11514E for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: from bb-b1-11a (ppp116.pm3-0.pdx.dsinw.com [207.149.41.116]) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11648; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:26:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:26:22 -0800 () From: Rick Hamell To: Steve Price Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-X-Sender: hamellr@dsinw.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > # > I certainly never said that, though I do believe that FreeBSD is > # > more stable than Linux for a variety of other reasons. :) Of course, > # > you know that arguing the stability of Linux vs. FreeBSD on a FreeBSD > # > won't necessarily always get unbiased remarks in response. > # > # I have to agree though... I'm kinda past being a newbie myself. > # Now I need a way to learn the more advanced stuff. 'We' are desperatly in > # need of good documenation....:) > > And here is where we as a volunteer project need your help. Pick > any part of the system, play around with it, tweak some knobs, > write up what you've learned and send it to us. :) I have been working on it. :) My problem is that I'm am still from the DOS world. I have a hard time thinking like a Unix person still, mostly because I don't know how to do so. Secondly, pretty much jumping in feet first I know I'm making mistakes that may cause problems down the road, i.e. when I install a package, where should I download the file too? Does it matter? Where should I untar it too? How much swap space is enough? Those are the kinds of questions I have. I've read a few system administrator books. Mostly I learned to do regular backups and to make sure I have adequete power backup system. Is there a Zen for Unix Administrators? :) Rick www.grendal.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message