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authorGlen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2016-07-03 19:47:53 +0000
committerGlen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2016-07-03 19:47:53 +0000
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Remove the 'Learning about Unix' section. This is heavily covered
in the Handbook, and having it here is redundant. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
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@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
<li><a href="#web-site">Using the &os; web site</a></li>
<li><a href="#fbsd">Learning about &os;</a></li>
<li><a href="#derived">Learning about &os;-derived
- projects</a></li> <li><a href="#unix">Learning about
- &unix;</a></li>
+ projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></li>
<li><a href="#people">Helping other people</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -121,62 +120,6 @@
addition to the proprietary Apple user interface.</p></li>
</ul>
- <h2><a name="unix">Learning about &unix;</a></h2>
-
- <p>Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being
- unfamiliar with the UNIX commands, needed to fix our &os;
- problems. Without a UNIX background you will be faced with two
- things to learn at once. Fortunately a lot of resources are
- available to make this easier.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><p>The <a href="&url.books;/handbook/basics.html">&unix;
- Basics</a> chapter of the &os; Handbook covers the basic
- commands and functionality of &os; operating system. Most of
- the information provided in this document is also relevant for
- any other &unix;-like operating system.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>There are many easy books, such as the "Dummies" guides,
- in any large book shop. If you want something really easy,
- take a look at what is available and pick one that seems to
- speak your language. Pretty soon you will want to move on to
- a book that gives more coverage.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Another popular book is <em>UNIX Power Tools</em> by
- Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, published by
- O'Reilly and Associates. It is organized as a series of short
- articles each of which solves a problem, and these articles
- are cross-referenced to other articles with related material.
- Though not specifically aimed at newbies, the design makes it
- ideal for a newbie with a burning question or the odd few
- minutes to browse. More elementary material is near the front
- of the book, but there are short easy articles
- throughout.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>A <a
- href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/docs/unix_course/">UNIX
- Introductory Course</a> from Ohio State University is
- available online in HTML format.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p>A <a
- href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/docs/sysadmin_course/">UNIX
- System Administration Course</a> from Ohio State University is
- available online in HTML format.</p>
- </li>
-
- <li><p><a href="http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/unixhelp/">UNIXhelp
- for Users</a> is another introductory guide which is available
- in HTML at a mirror site near you, or can be installed on your
- own system.</p></li>
-
- <li><p>Many other web sites hold lists of UNIX tutorials and
- reference material. One of the best places to start looking is
- the little known search engine <a
- href="https://google.com">Google</a>.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
<h2><a name="xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></h2>
<p>The X Window System is used with a number of operating systems,