From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 22 15:04:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA5616A4CE for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14C2E43D3F for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geekout@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 74so150314rnk for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:04:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=VsUIIrFuRiXkm46c21gmwIeshO0/EaumkWC3eH3fPwE1A3MTOUWSw16r5JRwI/EaHQQSng3fEWoUfjJPYb5um2ajors3pKL/U1VyUjWVWaVaPHAroOOfH4I+CpJhe4AUV4ktDyoAing3n/pzvfcYpix7wKUNY/E9H/1wAiGFAd0= Received: by 10.38.22.11 with SMTP id 11mr374431rnv; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.72.54 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6e01203b0410220804434cca99@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:04:53 -0600 From: Tyler Gee To: olivier@gautherot.net In-Reply-To: <47521.194.98.178.34.1098452181.squirrel@jose.freesurf.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <47521.194.98.178.34.1098452181.squirrel@jose.freesurf.fr> cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org cc: matthewjordan110@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Curious (Student) X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tyler Gee List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:54 -0000 Matthew, I am reading over *The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System* right now and it is filled with everything you need to know to grok the entire kernel. Give it a go if you have the $60, if not, see if there is a local BSD user group [2] in your area as they might have a copy that you could purchase (plus you should go to the UG meetings anyway). Good luck and have fun, -wtgee [1]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201702452/qid=1098457315/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-6610586-2647058 [2]http://www.freebsd.org/usergroups.html On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:36:21 +0200 (CEST), Olivier Gautherot wrote: > Hi Matthew! > > Welcome to the club :-) The only thing I can tell you is that you > made a good choice for your new OS - definitely a lot of good stuff > to learn... and valuable experience if one day you choose to look > at something else but I know I should not talk about competition ;-) > The community is great too - that's another asset of the project. > > > > The other programming task I can get done given a set of standards, but > > the one question that I have not been so far been able to answer due > > to the lack of financial resources is: Is there a general motherboard > > architechture, you see if I knew the specfic address of the DMA, IO > > Controller etc, I would be in a position to write low level code to > > operate with high level code. > > Well, if you (or a neighbour) have an old PC that you're about to scrap, > it is probably a good candidate for a test machine. BSD will run on > old architectures (Pentium and before) - although you should not expect > to run the latest KDE or 3D flight simulator on it ;-) If you're > interested in networking, you can run a more than decent firewall, though. > > > > So I am requestion the oportunity to help further develpe this project > > in return for access to highly technical data; please note I already > > know a myriad of programming languages including, C, C++, C#, Fortran, > > Basic, Pascal, J, J++, Java , D, Visual Basic, Assembly etc. I also > > possess many other technical skills and knowledge. Furthermore I > > possess an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering, and various CXC > > passes especially in Mathematics, Physics, Engilsh, Electronics. > > Sounds like you're going to have fun with the 11000+ packages available! > Have a look at the existing software and see what you're interested in. > All packages have a TODO list so you'll have plenty to occupy your free > time and more. I would suggest to install the system on a machine and > play around to start with. Just reading the handbook should keep you > busy for a few days. > > Hope to see your name soon in the "New committers" list! > > Cheers > Olivier > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >