Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 08:11:34 -0400 From: "Pete Renshaw" <colpete@soupro.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Users Learning FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040306120808.M54067@soupro.org>
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Hello, Sorry, don't have all of the original message... I think the newbie you are helping would at first find mandrake more informative. It would let them see all the different parts of a unix type OS. Perhaps a store bought box containing useful books for them. Then maybe a year from now, you can install freebsd. That way you won't be turned off yourself by answering so many little questions. If it turns out they don't like it. Their will be less time lost... Pete new DIM version coming out soon(php & mysql instant messenger) http://dim.whorules.com could use a little support...:) > I am curious what some newbies experiences were with FreeBSD who > have have no unix experience before. I have someone that I might be > setting up a unix workstation of some kind for and I'm debating > whether I should use FreeBSD or some Linux distro like mandrake or > debian. I will be there most of the time to help if needed as this > is for work and will not be his home desktop, at least not yet. He > only have some experience with using dos and windoze, but he does > have some technical background with computers.
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