Re: General Unix Learning
From: Nikolas Britton (freebsd_at_nbritton.org)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:06:48 -0500 To: hide110 <hide110@us-it.net>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
hide110 wrote:
>Please forgive me if this is not the right place to turn but, I figure you
>all would be able to share your wisdom with me.
>
>I am a Windows user and I've hated it for the past few years. The Unix
>experience I have accrued has mainly been working from a shell account;
>nothing really in detail about the actual operating system or installation.
>I have considered FreeBSD & Linux, but really, for a desktop system do you
>guys think it's viable for a nearly pure unix newbie to tinker around with
>BSD? Or would it be easier to start with Linux & eventually port over to
>BSD?
>
>Normally I'd take my own advice (if you want to use BSD, use BSD, if you want
>to use Linux at the end of the day, use that) but I'm just trying to be
>practical with all learning curves taken into consideration.
>
>My deepest apologies if I should not be asking something like this here. But
>any replies would be terribly appreciated.
>
For a newbie that wants to *learn* UNIX then FreeBSD is really the only
way to go. FreeBSD is a complete system (FreeBSD Kernel + FreeBSD tools
and documentation = Operating System) where as Linux is a distribution
(Linux Kernel + 3rd Party tools and documentation = Distribution, a
glued together OS)
Sorry my brain doesn't seem to be working at this hour of night, I can't
come up with coherent sentences so let me cut to the chase...
The documentation on FreeBSD is the best I have ever seen, for a newbie
this is what matters the most. I have learned more about UNIX in the
last 2 years from using FreeBSD then the entire time (5 years) I've been
using Linux.
FreeBSD Handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
FreeBSD Documentation Page:
http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html
The Complete FreeBSD, Fourth Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596005164/
Absolute BSD, The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1886411743/
Learning UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596002610/
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