12-21-2009
Until recently, most of my work was on FreeBSD, not Linux; my learning started in FreeBSD, after which I started learning Linux. If you're reasonably comfortable in Linux, I don't think you'll have any problem. Of course, you mentioned that Cygwin is the extent of your UNIXy learning... I don't know how well you've learned Cygwin-- that can be either a very basic intro or a pretty good start. I use it a lot, and I've really liked learning it. Anyway, as for FreeBSD, I suspect that one would find the jump from Linux to FreeBSD about as difficult as a jump from one Linux distro to a moderately dissimilar one-- say, from Fedora to Debian. In your case, if I've understood, either Linux or FreeBSD would serve well as an introduction to "real" UNIX. There are differences to learn, but the basics are similar enough. Dive in... FreeBSD a great OS, and is well worth learning about.
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