Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 07:30:00 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Elizabeth Puckett <pucketet@jmu.edu> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG, edwarddc@owl.jmu.edu, currycw@owl.jmu.edu Subject: Re: non-technical Message-ID: <9031.878830200@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Nov 1997 09:28:15 EST." <3461D3FE.49C0@jmu.edu>
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> In reviewing the WebCT page, I found that FreeBSD is listed as an > operating system the courseware will run on. I have read through much > of your information and understand that your UNIX system runs on a PC. > I would like to know (before I read further or attempt the download) if > our office would need a "technical support person" to operate this > system. While it certainly does not take a rocket scientist to operate a Unix system, it does require a reasonably large degree of determination on the part of any beginner who wishes to become reasonably facile with it. This is not to say that Unix is particularly complex, it's simply designed with much more of a "toolbox" approach than, say, a Windows or Macintosh systems which tries instead to give you canned applications which, in many cases, actually discourage customization. To aid in you learning Unix administration are many good introductory books commonly available in technical book stores. See section 24 of the FreeBSD handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html; "Unix in a nutshell", "What You Need To Know When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Administrator" and "UNIX System Administration Handbook. 2nd ed" being entries in the bibliography section which get my personal recommendation. As long as you have a PC to dedicate to FreeBSD's installation, the actual installation should also be fairly straight-forward. See the installation docs on our web site or purchase a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD" from Walnut Creek CDROM (http://www.cdrom.com) if you prefer printed documentation on this topic. Good luck! Jordan
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