Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 19:47:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49037 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects Message-ID: <201607031947.u63JlrdP010656@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Sun Jul 3 19:47:53 2016 New Revision: 49037 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49037 Log: Remove the 'Learning about Unix' section. This is heavily covered in the Handbook, and having it here is redundant. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Sun Jul 3 19:47:13 2016 (r49036) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Sun Jul 3 19:47:53 2016 (r49037) @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ <li><a href="#web-site">Using the &os; web site</a></li> <li><a href="#fbsd">Learning about &os;</a></li> <li><a href="#derived">Learning about &os;-derived - projects</a></li> <li><a href="#unix">Learning about - &unix;</a></li> + projects</a></li> <li><a href="#xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></li> <li><a href="#people">Helping other people</a></li> </ul> @@ -121,62 +120,6 @@ addition to the proprietary Apple user interface.</p></li> </ul> - <h2><a name="unix">Learning about &unix;</a></h2> - - <p>Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being - unfamiliar with the UNIX commands, needed to fix our &os; - problems. Without a UNIX background you will be faced with two - things to learn at once. Fortunately a lot of resources are - available to make this easier.</p> - - <ul> - <li><p>The <a href="&url.books;/handbook/basics.html">&unix; - Basics</a> chapter of the &os; Handbook covers the basic - commands and functionality of &os; operating system. Most of - the information provided in this document is also relevant for - any other &unix;-like operating system.</p></li> - - <li><p>There are many easy books, such as the "Dummies" guides, - in any large book shop. If you want something really easy, - take a look at what is available and pick one that seems to - speak your language. Pretty soon you will want to move on to - a book that gives more coverage.</p></li> - - <li><p>Another popular book is <em>UNIX Power Tools</em> by - Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, published by - O'Reilly and Associates. It is organized as a series of short - articles each of which solves a problem, and these articles - are cross-referenced to other articles with related material. - Though not specifically aimed at newbies, the design makes it - ideal for a newbie with a burning question or the odd few - minutes to browse. More elementary material is near the front - of the book, but there are short easy articles - throughout.</p></li> - - <li><p>A <a - href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/docs/unix_course/">UNIX - Introductory Course</a> from Ohio State University is - available online in HTML format.</p> - </li> - - <li><p>A <a - href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/docs/sysadmin_course/">UNIX - System Administration Course</a> from Ohio State University is - available online in HTML format.</p> - </li> - - <li><p><a href="http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/unixhelp/">UNIXhelp - for Users</a> is another introductory guide which is available - in HTML at a mirror site near you, or can be installed on your - own system.</p></li> - - <li><p>Many other web sites hold lists of UNIX tutorials and - reference material. One of the best places to start looking is - the little known search engine <a - href="https://google.com">Google</a>.</p>; - </li> - </ul> - <h2><a name="xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></h2> <p>The X Window System is used with a number of operating systems,
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