Datasheet

Table 1-1: Online Resources to Connect to BSD Communities (continued)
Focusing on BSD Commands
These days, many important tasks in BSD can be done from both graphical interfaces
and from commands. However, the command line has always been, and still remains,
the interface of choice for BSD power users.
Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are meant to be intuitive. With some computer expe-
rience, you can probably figure out, for example, how to add a user, change the time
and date, and configure a sound card from a GUI. For these cases, we’ll mention which
graphical tool you could use for the job. For the following cases, however, you will
probably need to rely on the command line:
Almost any time something goes wrong — Ask a question at an online forum to
solve some BSD problem you are having and the help you get will almost always
come in the form of commands to run. Also, command line tools typically offer
much more feedback if there is a problem configuring a device or accessing files
and directories.
Remote systems administration — If you are administering a remote server, you
may not have graphical tools available. Although remote GUI access (using X appli-
cations or VNC) and web-based administration tools may be available, they usually
run more slowly than what you can do from the command line.
Features not supported by GUI — GUI administration tools tend to present the
most basic ways of performing a task. More complex operations often require
options that are only available from the command line.
BSD Activities Internet Sites
Community Wikis
wiki.netbsd.se
Usenet Newsgroups
News:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
News:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
News:comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce
News:comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
News:comp.unix.bsd.misc
Documentation
www.freebsd.org/docs.html
www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi
netbsd.org/docs
News
news.vejas.lt
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