From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 04:10:15 2004 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 06F8F16A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 04:10:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from home.soupro.org (home.soupro.org [207.103.14.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D13143D2D for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 04:10:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colpete@soupro.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.soupro.org [127.0.0.1]) by home.soupro.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83ED71CC80 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:11:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from home.soupro.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (home.soupro.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93192-09 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:11:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from www.soupro.org (localhost.soupro.org [127.0.0.1]) by home.soupro.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A97631CC3E for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:11:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Pete Renshaw" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 08:11:34 -0400 Message-Id: <20040306120808.M54067@soupro.org> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.20 20031014 X-OriginatingIP: 216.15.99.7 (colpete) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at soupro.org Subject: Re: New Users Learning FreeBSD 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: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:10:15 -0000 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.