Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:51:37 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, BONGANI MANGANYE <205038328@cput.ac.za> Subject: Re: freebsd Message-ID: <6201873e0908171051y4c4e2669lcdfcc5e9a2e9381@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090817174402.GA59192@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4A894DFB.4C29.0070.0@cput.ac.za> <20090817160125.GD56581@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <6201873e0908171019v5e9e898uff62afc083f2b1e5@mail.gmail.com> <20090817174402.GA59192@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:19:25PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But, the best thing is to get a computer, install FreeBSD and tinker > > > around with it until you get a good feel for it. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > 7 years later... > > It doesn't take that long. > Using it for a couple of months begins to create a good familiarity. > > Now, if you really want to be an expert - few of us are that - then you > need to pick some problems or improvements, build the changes and > submit them for inclusion. - eg become a FreeBSD developer. > > But, to become an effective user does not require that much. > It is just easier to 'visualize' it when you are really using > it in addition to just reading about it. > > ////jerry > > Sorry, my sense of humor is often said to be too dry. Point was it's awfully addicting if you go that route. Much like Alice in Wonderland if you follow the rabbit down the hole. -- Adam Vande More
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