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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:51:37PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> 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.

Well, that it can be.   There is a lot that can be learned and a
lot that can be created.

  --  and it works!

////jerry


> 
> 
> -- 
> Adam Vande More