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From: zump@rom.org (Zump)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Q: UNIX in a nutshell?
Date: 29 Jan 1996 13:06:01 GMT
Organization: Oregon Public Networking
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In article <aaronv-2601961712090001@isdn6-205.dnai.com>,
aaronv@dnai.com (Aaron Vinson) writes:
>hello everybody... I consider myself to be a novice UNIX user. I can get
>around well and extensive knoledge of the internet but havn't really
>played around with X or administrative tools yet. I'm planning on
>purchasing a PC soon and running FreeBSD. I'm wondering if anyone could
>reccomend a good book that covers a good deal of UNIX i.e. Berkeley
>UNIX.... relating to FreeBSD and X. As of now I'm planning on using the
>olvwm window manager. Hmmmm, I guess that's it. If you have any
>suggestions please email them to aaronv@dnai.com. Thanks
>
Well, you give it away in the header.... The Nutshell series as well
as darned near anything else published by O'Reilly is worth a look.
You will almost certainly have to pick and choose to start your collection
(they have an extensive list of titles, and each is a thorough treatment
of its subject). For X, volume 3 of their X series is a must, and get
the rest as you can afford them.
I tried olvwm, and found fvwm much nicer.
Also, the various FAQs are great reference. Read as many as you can.
If you don't understand the question, ignore it but read it anyway.
The answers in some are clues to questions you may have. (And you
should also look at things like the comp.sys.sun.admin FAQ, since the
various SunOS4 questions are often helpful with any BSD system.)
-Zump,
playing with knews, which is a nice X newsreader.