From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Feb 10 11:34: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe19.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.18.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2AF837B400 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:34:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:34:00 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [4.41.159.196] From: "Shawn Halloran" To: "serge lodder" Cc: "freebsd-newbie" Subject: Re: Aarghh !! Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:38:32 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.00.0021.1800 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0011_01C1B227.77ABC8E0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Feb 2002 19:34:00.0755 (UTC) FILETIME=[E3E0B830:01C1B269] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C1B227.77ABC8E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My bad - I have The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey. I'll stop by Borders = and check out you're recommendation. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: serge lodder Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 5:06 AM To: Shawn Halloran Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Aarghh !! Was the same here, you just need to have some ready made solututions to g= et you started (don't give up, it is truly a wonderful OS). I bought a bo= ok (after reading some reviews) from SAMS, FreeBSD Unleashed by Michael U= rban and Brian Tiemann and since then I'm not alone in the dark anymore. = It is truly a guide to FreeBSD and helped me many times to overcome diffi= culties, apart from reading the online Free BSD Handbook. Good luck to you, Serge look here for a review of the book : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news= _id=3D579 isbn# of the book : 0-672-32206-4 and no i'm not getting payed for recomm= ending this book :-p =20 =20 =20 ----- Original Message ----- =20 From: Shawn Halloran =20 To: freebsd-newbie =20 Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Aarghh !! I guess, since I can't ask questions hear (pun), I can simply state that = I am beginning to feel extreme discouragement. =20 I keep hearing how wonderful this system is, but the most Ive been abel t= o do is generate a list of the /usr directory. My mouse won't configure, = X won't configure, Heck! I can't even figure out how to load a simple wor= d processor. Uuumph! I've spent hours reading. I've spent hours on the net. I've loaded this O= S several times (which has been a learning experinece - I can now create = partitions in my slice). So far, the best I can achieve is a barren scree= n similar to the ominous cursor that greeted my when I first loaded DOS 5= .0. I certainly hope that all this effort is going to be fruitful - I can thi= nk of several people that would tell me I'm absolutely insane for trying = to learn this OS. =20 Shawn Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.c= omGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.ms= n.com ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C1B227.77ABC8E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My bad - I have The Complete FreeBSD by G= reg Lehey. I'll stop by Borders and check out you're recommendation.
 
Thanks
 
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From: serge lodder
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 5:06 AM
<= DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial">To: Shawn Halloran
Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Aarghh !!
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= Was the same here, you just need to have some ready ma= de solututions to get you started (don't give up, it is truly a wonderful= OS). I bought a book (after reading some reviews) from SAMS, FreeBSD Unl= eashed by Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann and since then I'm not alone in= the dark anymore. It is truly a guide to FreeBSD and helped me many time= s to overcome difficulties, apart from reading the online Free BSD H= andbook.
 
Good luck= to you,
 
Serg= e
 
look here for&nb= sp;a review of the book : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3D579
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isbn# of the book : 0-672-32206-4 and no i'm not= getting payed for recommending this book :-p
 
 
=
 
----- Original Message = -----
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: Aarghh !!

=
I guess, since I can't ask questions hear (pun), I can simply state = that I am beginning to feel extreme discouragement.
 
I keep hearing how wonderful this system is, but the most Ive be= en abel to do is generate a list of the /usr directory. My mouse won't co= nfigure, X won't configure, Heck! I can't even figure out how to load a s= imple word processor. Uuumph!
 
I've spent hou= rs reading. I've spent hours on the net. I've loaded this OS several time= s (which has been a learning experinece - I can now create partitions in = my slice). So far, the best I can achieve is a barren screen similar to t= he ominous cursor that greeted my when I first loaded DOS 5.0.
 
I certainly hope that all this effort is going to be f= ruitful - I can think of several people that would tell me I'm absolutely= insane for trying to learn this OS.
 
Shawn


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