Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 03:17:25 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: "Melody Akins" <unixpower@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another Beginner Squeaks Up Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010615025444.02135168@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <F208ZuNY1SWoBDyseVw0000ad6a@hotmail.com>
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Hi there, At 02:10 15.6. 2001, Melody Akins wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hello! > >I'm obviously interested in UNIX or I wouldn't have subscribed to this list. Having said that, it appears I am in 'over my head!' You folks have forgotten more than I will ever know, I think. > >Question: Having only a very rudimentary (One unfinished COBOL programming class in 1979)knowledge of programming, and only a bit less knowledge of operating systems, I'd like to know where to begin. I think you don't have to be a programmer to be able to use FreeBSD, the days when you could run only what you wrote are long gone. >starting with UNIX might be a mistake...? getting rid of bad habits is much harder than practising the right one from the start :) >My sons are both technicians/sysadmins, but because I'm 'mom,' they don't think I'm serious about learning. > >I'd like to learn UNIX because I want to work on back-end internet /intranet support and this knowledge is necessary. Any help will be much appreciated. The ideal scenario (for me, anyway :) would be along these lines: 1) get a spare machine (something like P133 would be perfect), and put it next to your windows box 2) get a copy of the 4.3-RELEASE cd (you can download it from ftp.freebsd.org and burn it on a CD-R, or get one of your sons do it for you) 3) read the beginners-aimed stuf at www.freebsd.org (http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/43/index.html is wonderful) 4) put the install cd in and boot off it this (having a dedicated computer) has two major advantages: a) you don't get the smallest chance to wipe your windows system (sh*t happens :) b) anytime you get stuck, you have the internet at your reach without having to reboot... easy to write any error messages right from the screen into an email... :) final note: you made a very lucky choice with FreeBSD. It's a mature, friendly OS, and, when compared to Linux, which is IMO an incarnation of chaos, very tidy one. (not to mention this great list) >Warmly, >Melody Akins > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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