Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:57:58 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: mayuresh@kathe.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd : newbie : learning acceleration tasks/problems? Message-ID: <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <e22edbb4d177d99c11e47bfc5a69a7dd@kathe.in> References: <e22edbb4d177d99c11e47bfc5a69a7dd@kathe.in>
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:38:55 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > would like to know if there be some kind of a "set of tasks" or > "problems" which a newbie could be expected to solve on their own or > with some amount of hand holding from the community to accelerate the > learning process for the newbie. My very individual view: Performing common tasks are the best way to introduce yourself to the system. It's important to know _where_ you find information and _how_ you access documentation. Have the FreeBSD handbook available, the FAQ, the Wiki. Know about the "man" and "apropos" commands. Then start to perform "everyday tasks", such as installing the OS, installing packages, updating installed packages. If you're familiar with that, add users, manage them. Turn to the applications you're using, for example, configure mail, maybe a web server, check out how the syslog facility works. It's also important to know about the configuration files of the system, which also have a manpage to look at, as well as examples (in /usr/share/examples). Also get familiar with the concepts of the ports collection. You can also learn a lot by building software from source, as well as updating the OS from source. In addition, if you have a "spare system" to "play" with (in fact, to learn with!), or a VM for that purpose, it will be a great tool for achieving UNIX skills. This _might_ sound complex or complicated, but in fact, it isn't. It only requires the ability to read and to think. It's not even hard. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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