From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 16:05:35 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 668A8C08 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27AD99AA for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-61-84.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.61.84]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF1852537D; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:57:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t0HFvwwX002748; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:57:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:57:58 +0100 From: Polytropon To: mayuresh@kathe.in Subject: Re: freebsd : newbie : learning acceleration tasks/problems? Message-Id: <20150117165758.b815d890.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:35 -0000 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, ...