Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 02:53:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Backman <todd@flyingcroc.net> To: Rusty <irisinc@gci.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Elementary documentation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908270249000.3140-100000@wank.necropolis.org> In-Reply-To: <37C65D04.2D8443C5@gci.net>
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This may sound funny but I recommend getting the "UNIX for dummies -Quick refrence manual". It is quite informative and is way less technical than the man pages. It has good explanations and provides good examples that are not too obscure. - Todd On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Rusty wrote: > Hi! > > I'm teaching my eleven (11) year old son how to use Freebsd. I have a > 400 MgH box and his is 330 MgH machine. I recently built a 300 MgH box > to use as a gateway and a router. I have a 40 mg SuSE 6.1 hack that > will do service as a firewall and router. > > My question is; where may I find documentation that is simple enough for > an above average 11 year old to understand? An example: Tonight we > were compiling some games (what else?) that he had downloaded and he > inquired about the meaning of the arguments following the commands > "gunzip" and "tar". He wanted to know what each stood for. I'm not > about to reefer an eleven year old to a man page, I don't do that to > anyone I like. We consulted one of the many three inch thick books on > Unix I have purchased from time to time and I was able to give him the > correct answer. Giving a newbie a good, informative answer is important > if you want that person to be properly grounded in the discipline they > are studying. Learning the basics well makes the rest of the study > easy. > > If anyone has some recommendations as to where I may purchase > documentation that will fit my requirements I will be most appreciative. > > Thank you, > > Rusty > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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