Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 22:16:10 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <freyes@inch.com> To: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Rusty" <irisinc@gci.net> Subject: Re: Elementary documentation Message-ID: <199908290216.WAA17007@arutam.inch.com>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:40:20 -0800, Rusty wrote: >I'm teaching my eleven (11) year old son how to use Freebsd. >My question is; where may I find documentation that is simple enough for >an above average 11 year old to understand? Did you try any of the Unix sites? In particular look at http://www.ugu.com/ They have pointers for new users. >"gunzip" and "tar". For tar best to show him the long names. Most commands have a short and a long name. >He wanted to know what each stood for. I'm not >about to reefer an eleven year old to a man page, How about show him how to get to the man pages. When it is too criptic then go to the other books you have. Some pages he may be able to get what he need from the man page quickly. Also check out a book called "The Unix and X Command Compendium" ISBN 0-471-30982-6 It has a brief description and tons of examples for most commands. A nice feature of the book is that it covers commands from both BSD and Sys V and let's you know which uses it. >Giving a newbie a good, informative answer is important >if you want that person to be properly grounded in the discipline they >are studying. As others have pointed out, it is much more important to show him HOW to look for the answers besides helping him find them. >If anyone has some recommendations as to where I may purchase >documentation that will fit my requirements I will be most appreciative. do you have any basic Unix book? For my totaly new to Unix friends I have been recommending "The Unix Companion" by Harley Hahn ISBN 0-07-882149-5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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