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From: Peter Clutton <peterclutton@gmail.com>
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Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, James S Blankenship <dragoninterrupted@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Just an intro to the community - hope that's ok
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On 10/6/05, Peter Hummers <phummers@iname.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, James S Blankenship wrote:
>
> > I'm new to BSD's.  I have been using Linux after
> > several failed attempts to configure FBSD back in
> > 2001.  I'm going to work with DesktopBSD for a bit to
> > familiarize myself with BSD/Unix.  I'd like to learn
> > as much as possible about FBSD and Unix in general,
> > and I'm not really a techie, so it's kind of difficult
> > for me.  I don't have anyone nearby who can help me
> > out with BSD issues.  I guess you could call me a
> > frustrated techie :0)

Welcome, and congrats for making the jump! *BSD Rocks! I'll add to the
great recomendations above, a general unix text:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130206016/102-8346184-2108114?v=3Dglance&=
n=3D283155&n=3D507846&s=3Dbooks&v=3Dglance
which covers all Unix in great depth.

And maybe start off with something like
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596002610/102-8346184-2108114?v=3Dglance&=
n=3D283155&s=3Dbooks&v=3Dglance
which would be a good general introduction.