From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 18 06:54:37 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 8AD8537B401 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 06:54:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp808.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp808.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14F8B43F75 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 06:54:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from willybaby12345@yahoo.com) Received: from dialup-63.210.115.180.dial1.losangeles1.level3.net (HELO owneru752bfb4g) (willybaby12345@sbcglobal.net@63.210.115.180 with login) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Apr 2003 13:54:36 -0000 Message-ID: <017f01c305b2$0d3db010$90f6d03f@owneru752bfb4g> From: "William Ashworth" To: Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 06:54:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Fw: *nix trial X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: William Ashworth List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:54:37 -0000 I suggest a mid-way point that will allows you somewhat the best of BOTH world :) LindowsOS (www.lindows.com) will allow you to use a command line interface or work within its graphical mode the entire time while able to run both Windows and Linux programs. Thanks, Will Ashworth ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Moran" > To: "Mohsin Sabir." > Cc: > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:51 AM > Subject: Re: *nix trial > > > > [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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >