Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 23:51:09 -0800 From: "David Fuchs" <beastie@beastie.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Looking for suggestions. Message-ID: <007101bf631b$1d4214c0$0201a8c0@uniserve.com> References: <200001200721.CAA08932@hme0.mailrouter02.sprint.ca>
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:) Looking for stuff that newbies should be aware of? Well, other than those O'Rielly books... hehehe. :) To be honest, there aren't many things someone can say to you about FreeBSD that you won't learn when the time comes. I think the most important thing you should know is that everyone who uses FreeBSD will be more than happy to help you. I can't express my thanks enough to the people on these mailing lists who've answered my questions no matter how stupid they were... and trust me... when I was new to FreeBSD I asked some pretty dumb ones. Always ask questions, people will usually give you a decent response plus some good insight if they know what they're talking about. Other than that, there's not much I can say, good luck in your first steps with FreeBSD! -David Fuchs ----- Original Message ----- From: Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro <leandro@capnasty.org> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 11:21 PM Subject: Looking for suggestions. > Hello fellow FreeBSD users, > > I'm new to the FreeBSD world, as I am attempting to escape the > Microsoft world, and I've been trying a combination of both Linux > and FreeBSD. With the risk of being shot on this list, at the > moment I find myself more at ease with Linux, but FreeBSD has > proven to be much more stable and a lot more secure (as far as I > can tell). As soon as I can get better with it, I will probably migrate > completely to it. > > Anyway, I am new. I am running a small network, and I decided to > install FreeBSD 3.2 on a vacant P66 with an 800MB HD and 36 > MB of RAM, mostly to run it as my mail server, and with the > excuse learn both about Sendmail (yes I hear that there are better, > but I'd like to try it out and put my Sendmail book by OReilly to use > when I can't sleep). My network is not connected to the internet as > of yet, it is just several machines hooked together via TP and a > hub, and eventually I'll plop a modem into my gateway. For now I > am happy like this, as I am learning plenty despite the steep curve. > > Enough ranting: can someone give me a brief suggestion that a > new user should be aware of? Anything will be helpful. I just > started reading the posts on this list and I must say, they have > been really good for someone like me that is starting from scratch. > > And I am also slowly going through the FreeBSD website, > checking their documentation and stuff. > > Thanks. > I hope my post wasn;t too out of place. > > leandro > --- > Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro (LA672) > Capital of Nasty Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471 > Editor in Chief - http://www.capnasty.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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