Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:35:15 -0500 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> Cc: Bob@buckhorn.net, TONY SIM <y2s@prodigy.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a question Message-ID: <388271D3.20006383@confusion.net> References: <000801bf6039$a303c980$d301fc3f@y2s> <4.2.0.58.20000115202604.00cbe9f0@mail.enterit.com>
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At least you didnt learn the "hard" way. I started out by asking a UNIX-knowing friend a question, he replied "man man" and wouldn't answer questions for almost a month. It made me get good at reading man pages, and I learned *very* quickly, but I don't recommend this approach unless you're obsessed (I was, and still am :) Jim Conner wrote: > > This may sound lame. I learned the basic Unix commands from the book Unix > for Dummies. It was quite useful for me and quick to simply get an idea of > the commands in Unix and what some of their DOS equivalents are (which was > good because I was very familiar with DOS so it made it a lil easier for me) > > Jim > > At 10:32 16-01-00 -0600, Bob Martin wrote: > > > TONY SIM wrote: > > > > > > i just got a freebsd 3.3 some weeks ago, but it was kinda hard to > > > use.... it is currently installed in my old computer so i can learn > > > how to use it without interrupting my school work (i'm just a high > > > school student) > > > > > > i was wondering, however, if there was a news letters that can teach > > > novice, like myself, to use unix or define terms 'n uses in unix... > > > (i still don't understand where or how to use vi or emacs... i mean, > > > what r they for? r they like edit.com in dos? oh, 'n they are only 2 > > > out of million things i am confused about...) > > > > > > sorry to trouble you... i'm just really excited to have unix which > > > sounds so legendary, yet very frustrated because i can't use it.... > > > thanx a lot for reading thus far... > > > > > > have a nice day ^^ > >Tony, > >You have to learn Unix pretty much the way you learned Windows. First, > >see if you can find someone that knows Unix, and ask them to help. > >Second, experiment. And of course, read the documentation. If you have > >trouble finding the documents on your machine, you can get them online. > >Try this for starters: > >http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html > >There is an e-mail list for newbies. Send e-mail to > >majordomo@freebsd.org with the following line (and only this line) in > >the body: > >subscribe freebsd-newbies > > > >Here are a few pointers to help you get started. > >Nearly all "commands" live in directories named "bin" for example, > >/usr/bin and /usr/local/bin. The following list of commands will help > >you out. > >whatis --This command will give you a brief description of what a > >command does. Example: whatis vi > >more --This command is used to read text files one page at a time. > >Works a lot like type | more in dos. Example: more /COPYRIGHT > >man --This command will give you the manual page for all kinds of > >things. To find out more type man man > > > >Good luck! > >-- > >Bob Martin, bob@buckhorn.net > >http://www.buckhorn.net > > > >"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World > >War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." > > -- Albert Einstein > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Today's errors, in contrast: > Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" > UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" > Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" > ------------------------------- > Jim Conner > NOTJames > jconner@enterit.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 2000 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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