From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 18 05:51:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C9437B401 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 05:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1b-122.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.161.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC35743F93 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 05:51:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) h3ICpUJP019282; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:51:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3E9FF4D2.8010403@potentialtech.com> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:51:30 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030301 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mohsin Sabir." References: <000801c3056e$b17c4a40$10cc6518@homeo> In-Reply-To: <000801c3056e$b17c4a40$10cc6518@homeo> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *nix trial X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:51:31 -0000 [Please wrap your lines at about 72 characters] Mohsin Sabir. wrote: > I am a Microsoft Product Administrator and been engaged with Microsoft > Products from the last 7 years. Now, I have opted that I should add > something more to my expertise and thought about *nix but have hard time > to pick which Unix, as there are quite a bit of flavors available out > there. > > I read about you, saw the sites hosted by you. I want to try BSD Unix > and please advise me which version is the latest and greatest from where > I can start. If you're brand new, I suggest purchasing one of the CDs or DVDs. It's much easier/faster to experiment with installs and configs when you have a CD/DVD right there. You can order online at FreeBSDMall.com ... As was suggested elsewhere, get 4.8 - the 5.0 release is still under development and will be difficult to learn from as things are still changing. I also _highly_ recommend getting the book _The_Complete_FreeBSD_ by Greg Lehey. It's a fantastic book for new users. You can also download an image and burn your own install CD, which is nice if you have a very fast Internet connection or a lot of patience: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html And the FreeBSD Handbook is available in print or online (just click on the "handbook" link on the FreeBSD home page) -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com