From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 17:35:55 2011 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 BD707106567C for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 17:35:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnorjudy@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FC58FC14 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 17:35:55 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=MGAAwKB8CeC/CPOx1dovJPHNzW+JFv6AbOski9Dxoqj9t1+RvL4Hfi0S1uhtQ/IZ; h=Received:From:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Subject:Date:Message-Id:To:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [66.245.143.50] (helo=[192.168.2.19]) by elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1QJUN8-0005uJ-Sv for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 May 2011 13:35:54 -0400 From: John or Judy Hixson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:35:54 -0700 Message-Id: <80E5C049-6836-4204-A177-D48FD3C14ABB@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-ELNK-Trace: a2d49588295e3af2f8c10fa22fe64701239a348a220c2609fb8412fe789e9fbd38e4902db27d3914548b785378294e88350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.245.143.50 Subject: Re: Re: Newbie Needing Help 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, 09 May 2011 17:35:55 -0000 On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:49:55, Noel wrote: > On 5/8/2011 7:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote: > > (Clip) > > >> I'm trying to learn some FreeBSD in anticipation of eventually = admining a FBSD server for my church office network. I've installed = FreeBSD 7.4 on an old PC and am > >> trying to follow along while reading > > Unless you have some specific need for a legacy version, I=20 > would strongly suggest installing the latest production=20 > version. Right now that's 8.2. > > (Clip) > Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas' book = covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm ready to = actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest production release. Thanks for your's and other's patient responses. I'm doing better now on = the command line. Google has been my friend. John Hixson=