From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 28 6:34:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from osage.gate.net (osage.gate.net [198.206.134.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876D914DA4 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 06:34:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjm@gate.net) Received: from inca.gate.net (wjm@inca.gate.net [199.227.0.11]) by osage.gate.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA89292; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:34:14 -0500 Received: from localhost (wjm@localhost) by inca.gate.net (8.8.6/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA120112; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:34:47 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: inca.gate.net: wjm owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:34:47 -0500 (EST) From: William Melanson To: Juanenoman@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starting point? In-Reply-To: <0.5fc2deaf.25997b08@aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 27 Dec 1999 Juanenoman@aol.com wrote: % % Hello, I am attempting to learn unix, db2, and linux. Can you steer me in % the right direction. I studied visual basic and c++ for a semester each , at % Cypress college in California. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank % you ... % Howdee, If you have about $50 close at hand I'd strongly suggest getting yourself a copy of O'Reilly publishers "Unix Power Tools". From a getting to know Unix standpoint I'd have to say this book is one of the best. Any investment in O'Reilly literature is most sound and well worth it! Now if you are looking into Unix platform specifics such as freebsd I'd strongly suggest "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. This bit of literature is clear, concise and wholeheartedly pertinent to the bsd flavored platforms. Of course, there are dozens of books relating to getting to know unix in 30 days, etc. Your preferences in literature will most surely determine your choices as well. I've had both books for quite some time now and they have always been an valuable tool, quick at hand, when I'm in that ever-present pinch... - Bill --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ William J. Melanson CyberGate, Inc. | e.spire Communications Sr Network Controller Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Network Operations Center Phone: (954) 429-8080 finger wjm@gate.net PGP public key --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message