From: WarrenPostma Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 19:34:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: added suggestion to consider playing with a VM X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/91793f0e65cf3a5c7b5a2896fa2a7e92d722dd11 added suggestion to consider playing with a VM --- diff --git a/docs/newhandbook/environmentquickstart/index.mdwn b/docs/newhandbook/environmentquickstart/index.mdwn index 71cf36b1..10335fed 100644 --- a/docs/newhandbook/environmentquickstart/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/newhandbook/environmentquickstart/index.mdwn @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ If you have used another Unix flavor, another BSD or Linux before, you may need If you already know your way around a Unix filesystem, and already know what the `/etc` folder is, how to use `vi` or `vim` to edit a file, how to use a shell like `tcsh` or `bash`, how to configure that shell, or change what shell you're using, how `su` and `sudo` work, and what a `root` account is, then you may get a lot farther in using any BSD variant (like Dragonfly BSD) then the rest of this page may be enough to orient you to your surroundings. -If so, go spend some time at the [[Unix Basics|/docs/newhandbook/UnixBasics/]] section before you proceed. +You should understand everything in the [[Unix Basics|/docs/newhandbook/UnixBasics/]] section before you proceed with trying to use your new system. + +A really great way to experiment with Dragonfly BSD is to install it inside a virtual machine environent like VMWare, or HyperV or VirtualBox. VirtualBox has the advantage of being free software, so if you have never used any BSD flavor Unix before, you might want to create a "safe sandbox" environment to play with and learn in, inside a VM before you try using it as the operating system on your primary computer. ## Disk layout