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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/projects/newbies.sgml,v 1.40 2005/02/24 00:42:03 trhodes Exp $">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/projects/newbies.sgml,v 1.41 2005/03/01 18:43:43 ceri Exp $">
<!ENTITY title 'Resources for Newbies'>
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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FreeBSD. Newbies have found the following pages particularly helpful:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="../search/search.html">Search</a> the Handbook and FAQ, or the
<li><p><a href="../search/search.html">Search</a> the Handbook and FAQ, the
whole web site, or the archives of the FreeBSD-Questions mailing
list.</p></li>
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Documentation Project, documents in languages other than English,
and much more.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="../support.html">Support</a> page contains a wealth of
<li><p>The <a href="../support.html">Support</a> page contains a wealth of
information about FreeBSD, including mailing lists, user groups, web
and FTP sites, release information, and links to some sources of
&unix; information.</p></li>
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<h2><a name="fbsd">Learning about FreeBSD</a></H2>
<ul>
<li><p>If you haven't installed yet, look for the
<li><p>If you have not yet installed, look for the
<a href="&u.rel2.announce;">latest mainstream release</a>.
(See the Handbook for why you should <strong>not</strong> be tempted
by any of the other branches.) Before you begin, carefully read the
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articles and tutorials</a> are available. The short tutorial,
<a href="http://andrsn.stanford.edu/FreeBSD/">For
People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix</a>, is popular with absolute
beginners. You don't have to know much about anything to enjoy
beginners. You do not have to know much about anything to enjoy
this one. It can also be downloaded in <a
href="ftp://andrsn.stanford.edu/pub/">postscript or RTF format</a>
for printing.</p></li>
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This book assumes minimal UNIX experience and takes the
beginner step by step through each stage from installation to
everything you need to know to set up and run a FreeBSD system. You
also get to understand what you're doing and why.</p></li>
also get to understand what you are doing and why.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html">FreeBSD Handbook</a> and <a
href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> are the
main documents for FreeBSD. Essential reading, they contain a lot of
material for newbies as well as some pretty advanced stuff. Don't
worry if you can't understand the advanced sections. The handbook
material for newbies as well as some pretty advanced stuff. Do not
worry if you cannot understand the advanced sections. The handbook
contains the installation instructions and also provides lists of
books and on line resources, and the FAQ has a troubleshooting
section.</p></li>
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<p>Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being unfamiliar
with the UNIX commands needed to fix our FreeBSD problems.
Without a UNIX background you'll be faced with two things to learn
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>
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Visit the <a href="http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/">Window Managers for X</a>
page and follow the link to the introduction to find out about window
managers, then return and read "The Basics". Then go back and compare
the different types that are available. (Bonus: there's another
the different types that are available. (Bonus: there is another
beginners guide to UNIX there too.)
Most, if not all, of these window managers are available to
install from the FreeBSD Ports Collection.</p></li>
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<a href="../docproj/docproj.html">Documentation Project</a> as reviewers.
Other FreeBSD newbies might have particular skills and experiences to
share, either computer related or not, or just want to meet new
newbies and make them feel welcome. There's always people around
newbies and make them feel welcome. There is always people around
who help others simply because they like to. Write to
<a href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD Newbies</a>
for more information.</p>
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<p>Friends who run FreeBSD are a great resource. No book can replace
chatting on the phone or across a pizza with someone who has the
same interests, enjoys similar accomplishments, and faces the same
challenges. If you don't have many friends who use FreeBSD,
challenges. If you do not have many friends who use FreeBSD,
consider using your old FreeBSD CDs to create some more :-)</p>
<p><a href="../usergroups.html">User groups</a> are
good places to meet other FreeBSD users. If there's not one nearby,
good places to meet other FreeBSD users. If there is not one nearby,
you might consider starting one!</p>
<p>Before talking to real humans about your new skills, you might