freebsd : newbie : learning acceleration tasks/problems?

[Mayuresh Kathe]

On 2015-01-17 21:27, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:38:55 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>> would like to know if there be some kind of a "set of tasks" or
>> "problems" which a newbie could be expected to solve on their own or
>> with some amount of hand holding from the community to accelerate the
>> learning process for the newbie.
> 
> My very individual view:
> 
> Performing common tasks are the best way to introduce
> yourself to the system. It's important to know _where_
> you find information and _how_ you access documentation.
> Have the FreeBSD handbook available, the FAQ, the Wiki.
> Know about the "man" and "apropos" commands. Then start
> to perform "everyday tasks", such as installing the OS,
> installing packages, updating installed packages. If
> you're familiar with that, add users, manage them.
> Turn to the applications you're using, for example,
> configure mail, maybe a web server, check out how
> the syslog facility works. It's also important to
> know about the configuration files of the system,
> which also have a manpage to look at, as well as
> examples (in /usr/share/examples). Also get familiar
> with the concepts of the ports collection. You can
> also learn a lot by building software from source,
> as well as updating the OS from source. In addition,
> if you have a "spare system" to "play" with (in fact,
> to learn with!), or a VM for that purpose, it will be
> a great tool for achieving UNIX skills.
> 
> This _might_ sound complex or complicated, but in fact,
> it isn't. It only requires the ability to read and
> to think. It's not even hard. :-)

cool, thanks for the tips.
your suggestions are actually in-line with the format of "think unix" by 
jon lasser.

~mayuresh