From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 18:50:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1A2B106566C for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:50:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79BB08FC19 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:50:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so632119ywe.13 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:50:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=/kqaAfSDQ3wShfPtHluUbYTLz+txZLma3mmTAS4T6TI=; b=DJVngvtQ3FPdwoMV+hGmUc42fe7VNWpOphWQus4aFoymegOwvR+yj66lDwzVuslUnn 9+D958nLl5G2z7W7B17ZW2Jco18+Yo6OTOqUNCaJexEVVvp0VLGJ5iGR3WFRrVU0ybvO NkWX5XafpXR6mmCJulOYg5cyivNOG+DdLzN4Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=LvnUS0/y1B+STUfNYaKdtyD0ZJav4xD6hajDEopyvydpZbNzBqdmUTc7t7DuZKamf4 yMAeZkesp9t6icDFnp4Q5mvgVrzeyF96RJ+GyovHxqO8I0h1wZwaLTxvRi1V7OIsJmmO Oyh4XFKS4Hv3d3hE1ite7h9M6cU3tiWkLosto= Received: by 10.143.42.3 with SMTP id u3mr1706007wfj.148.1213987831591; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 200-117-245-190.fibertel.com.ar ( [190.245.117.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm2628683ywg.6.2008.06.20.11.50.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:50:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:50:25 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200806201550.25203.gnemmi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: New to 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: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:50:48 -0000 On Friday 20 June 2008 10:05:26 nerd fan wrote: > Hello Every body, > > I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading All you need to read: The Best of FreeBSD Basics by Dru Lavigne http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdbasics?id=akooQAWx&mv_pc=38 ( while at it, don't miss the chance to subscribe to FreeBSD: FreeBSD Subscription, starting with FreeBSD 7.0 http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdsub7.0?id=PoQR7Kuo&mv_pc=181 ) Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition by Michael W. Lucas http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=abs_bsd2 Mandatory desktop icon pointing to: FreeBSD Handbook /usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html Other nice reads: BSD Hacks by Dru Lavigne; ISBN-13: 978-0596006792 BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD by Christopher Negus, Francois Caen; ISBN-13: 978-0470376034 The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ > Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way > FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. In addition to the first two books (Lavigne and Lucas), add this one: Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 by Bryan J. Hong http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=freebsdserver > > Started having fun with FreeBSD 7.. Thanks for your responses. > > ~ Sundar ~ And you'll probably never stop having fun with FreeBSD :) -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi