From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 17 17:51:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD5D1065691 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:51:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E608FC57 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:51:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yx0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 11so4039269yxe.3 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:51:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KyGCPP7vGQ0LuSw9LNLYsfYb1MHb0uUqNSPJKY69xXs=; b=HhrY6Z3g7CXKa59ub2/3U1ZXmneXmMG98r1wz1alyADan5dFscMWv+4wKcKib3QVgC gOeWXQS4Abk0GAVi0tzsF0FijBv0LCog3VjXY2KYDZR7qEo7lHarME+cFHHdkZm3g7xR Sh+dZhS1oWAEDlT8tHJl2r121NdcbTH8GLDTE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=NoQ6I2iN+UkTiZjDSKPMTKslcVINZMjFYr/NN/X0vCXs9Blw3s6L/wQL+PnM34MQ+G BmqM00k/K5O5d6Bzys6jkGab+6C8KV2mGZVZQd7WuSvyIHNIgfbIleomS/8qP50s2xGH nZ08usgoSgVVUsVrWgIM3cMmcfxDBU/oXfdMk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.238.15 with SMTP id l15mr6092549ybh.197.1250531497267; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:51:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090817174402.GA59192@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4A894DFB.4C29.0070.0@cput.ac.za> <20090817160125.GD56581@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <6201873e0908171019v5e9e898uff62afc083f2b1e5@mail.gmail.com> <20090817174402.GA59192@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:51:37 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0908171051y4c4e2669lcdfcc5e9a2e9381@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Jerry McAllister Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org, BONGANI MANGANYE <205038328@cput.ac.za> Subject: Re: freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:51:38 -0000 On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:19:25PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But, the best thing is to get a computer, install FreeBSD and tinker > > > around with it until you get a good feel for it. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > 7 years later... > > It doesn't take that long. > Using it for a couple of months begins to create a good familiarity. > > Now, if you really want to be an expert - few of us are that - then you > need to pick some problems or improvements, build the changes and > submit them for inclusion. - eg become a FreeBSD developer. > > But, to become an effective user does not require that much. > It is just easier to 'visualize' it when you are really using > it in addition to just reading about it. > > ////jerry > > Sorry, my sense of humor is often said to be too dry. Point was it's awfully addicting if you go that route. Much like Alice in Wonderland if you follow the rabbit down the hole. -- Adam Vande More