From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 12:11:31 2010 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 CECB41065670 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:11:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 918FE8FC23 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:11:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2010 08:11:30 -0400 Received: from mx04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (mx04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.54]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.8-GA) with ESMTP id LNM15433; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:02:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 209-6-91-204.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.91.204]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2010 08:02:04 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19395.3004.287113.700721@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:02:04 -0400 To: herbert langhans In-Reply-To: <20100412104550.GA75407@sandcat> References: <20100412104550.GA75407@sandcat> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: jt , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Online school for 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, 12 Apr 2010 12:11:31 -0000 herbert langhans writes: > I sign here too - Lucas' Absolute FreeBSD covers practically all > the aspects when you new to Unix. Its a good choice. A seperate > computer for trying out and break'n'reinstall is also a good idea > for a start. > > Its like learning a foreign language. At the beginning you may > wonder how anybody can ever understand this mumbo jumbo. Then you > will get an idea of it and go into an experimental stage where > many things go wrong. And after some years you wonder that there > was a time before where you could not understand such an obvious, > logical concept. For UNIX novices willing to read, I strongly recomment _UNIX System Administration Handbook_ (http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-System-Administration-Handbook-3rd/dp/0130206016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271073058&sr=1-1). My version, now out of date, covers Solaris, HP-UX, Red Hat, and FreeBSD. It's very readable, and while it doesn't cover everything it teaches enough (including some "how" and "why" to be able to figure things out from the man pages or third-party documentation. Robert Huff