unix newbie

[joris dedieu]

2011/4/29 Chatoor Kalki <chatoor.kalki at gmail.com>:
> hello, i'm new to unix but am interested in learning and getting a decent
> command over it as quickly as possible.
> initially i will be running dragonfly bsd within virtualbox under windows 7.
>
> can i get help with references to books?
> i purchased 'the unix programming environment' but am unable to get a grasp
> over unix as effortlessly as i'd expected.
> is there some other book/s i could refer to?

- First you can refer to the handbook :
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/
- I also think the "Absolute  FreeBSD" is a good reference too
- don't forget that almost everything is on the manual ($ man man)

Joris
>
> thank you.
>