Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:01:42 -0500 From: "Asenchi" <asenchi@asenchi.com> To: "Henrik W Lund" <laksefiskerbsd@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: From newbie to newbie: Observations... Message-ID: <BHEOILCBAALIEOJMOPKGMEIMDAAA.asenchi@asenchi.com> In-Reply-To: <F211B3d0oMCeV9fzG8j00005162@hotmail.com>
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Hello Newbies and Experts (who read this list for the rest of us) I have been working with fBSD nearly 2 years now and still feel like a newbie. But I am addicted to this OS. It is an amazing experience doing even the most trivial thing. For instance Monday I got my scroll wheel working! Granted I have never worked on it before, and it is a really easy thing to do, but once it was done I felt like I had accomplished something grand. I have a production firewall, and am working on an email and webserver solution for my work, everyone needs to use this OS! I want to thank everyone who works on this 'crack' for their hard work. I am trying to find ways to get involved whether with advocacy or committing, but either way I want everyone using this...even though there is a ways to go with an end-user desktop machine. I can honestly say that I don't understand Linux, but BSD is simple in comparison (the whole idea that is...). But I guess to each their own. For all you newbies, subscribe to all the mail lists (especially if you want to learn more and more...) there is a plethora of information out there and you can learn a ton. Later, My name is Curt Micol and I am a Daemoholic. I love FreeBSD. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Henrik W Lund > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:07 PM > To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: From newbie to newbie: Observations... > > > Hi, my name is Henrik and I'm a FreeBSD newbie. I would > like to share some > experiences and observations I have made during my run-ins > with UNIX OSs in > the past. I'm currently in my fourth inning, and have > finally gotten myself > together and produced a running, stable system. I choose to > still label > myself a newbie because I still scream in frustration every > day over some > mundane, essential task that must be done that I have no > idea how to go > about doing. > > In case you come from a "Windows" environment(like I did), > FreeBSD might > seem daunting at first. Whereas you are used to having the > computer scratch > your back and make you tea by the very flick of the power > switch, in UNIX > you are left with a rather simple looking (and often > cryptically labelled) > command prompt and a blinking cursor. None of the commands > that normally do > something, don't work at all, and if they do, they sure > don't do what you > expect them to! > > But don't panic (like I did) and run off screaming to get > your Windows CD > (like I did). > > First of all, calm down. Seek out sources of information > like this, the > FreeBSD website and others. And the most important thing; > read. The man > pages count in the thousands, so there's lots of good stuff > for the rainy > days. Wonder what dd does? A little hunting and pecking > will have "man dd" > typed in no time, and voila! > > Second, be prepared to reinstall the entire OS. Several > times. The tampering > of config files by careless newbies can wreak havoc on any system, > particularly a UNIX one. Reinstallation is frequently the > fastest, most > efficient way to get the system back up. > > Third, read point one again. It'll do you good. ;) > > Fourth, remember that at the end of the day, you can be > sure the sun will > rise in the morning regardless of whether or not you got > inetd set up the > way you liked, or if you even know what the heck inetd is. > > Take this message for what it is: one newbie trying to let > other newbies > know that "it's all right". ;) > > -Henrik, > FreeBSD newbie and fanatic :D > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger http://www.msn.no/messenger - Den korteste > veien mellom deg og > dine venner > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the messagehelp
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