From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 22 14:55:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cantvc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantvc.canterbury.ac.nz [132.181.30.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C21C37B718 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:55:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rbm49@tacacs.canterbury.ac.nz) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.it.canterbury.ac.nz by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.0-24 #45723) id <01K1J81YHFQOB12W4L@it.canterbury.ac.nz> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:55:23 +1200 (NEW ZEALAND STANDARD TIME) Received: from tacacs.canterbury.ac.nz (rbm49.tacacs.canterbury.ac.nz [172.31.164.87]) by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.0-24 #45723) with ESMTP id <01K1J81TAW9OASG9KD@it.canterbury.ac.nz>; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:55:20 +1200 (NEW ZEALAND STANDARD TIME) Received: (from rbm49@localhost) by tacacs.canterbury.ac.nz (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f2MMsGL15132; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:54:16 +1200 (NZST envelope-from rbm49) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:53:46 +1200 From: Richard B Mahoney Subject: Re: XWindows Questions In-reply-to: <"from tony_storm"@yahoo.com> To: Tony Storm Cc: Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions Reply-To: Richard B Mahoney Mail-Followup-To: Tony Storm , Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions Message-id: <20010323105346.A14175@tacacs.canterbury.ac.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-20010211-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Tony, On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:30:36PM -0800, Tony Storm wrote: > Alright, I just installed FreeBSD 4.2 and now have no idea how to > navigate through it. The only unix I know is ls and how to use > pine. Can someone please tell me where I can find resources to > learn the system? How to properly shut the system down? How to > get into xwindows? > The only thing I really know how to do is login. Just need some > guidence on how to use and navigate the OS. Its good to see that you've got so far with so little knowledge ... or are you just being modest. 8-) Anyway, for a summary of the basic skills needed in UNIX userland its possible you could do no better than the intro given at: http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/intro-1.html Last I heard there was a PostScript version of the same thing at: ftp://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix_book.ps I always have a copy to hand. I even gave a copy to my 67 year old father. Having read it, he said it was like coming home: memories of fun with his old PDP's had come flooding back. And now, after years of trouble with that other OS, he is ditching it in favour of FreeBSD. Just an aside on how useful the book is. Many regards, Richard Mahoney -- ------------------------ Richard Mahoney ------------------------- 78 Jeffreys Rd +64-3-351-5831 Christchurch New Zealand --------------- mailto:rbm49@csc.canterbury.ac.nz ---------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message