Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 22:57:06 -0500 From: Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thiago_Silva_Concei=E7=E3o?= <f2b@atribuna.com.br> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Doubts Message-ID: <3ECEED92.1040306@bsdprophet.org> In-Reply-To: <3ECEE4CC.8040202@atribuna.com.br> References: <3ECEE4CC.8040202@atribuna.com.br>
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Thiago Silva Conceição wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed FreeBSD here, I have come from Linux so I am still > adaptating. I have some doubts: > > - How often the ports collection get updated? Is it whenever a new > release is out or constantly? Constantly > > - How do I do to update all the applications I have installed? I did the > "make world" thing here but It seems it doesn't update things like > gnome, XFree, kde and so on, or maybe I'm wrong. Something like 'apt-get > upgrade' from Debian Linux. If you have installed the ports , then try /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade, also look into /usr/ports/net/cvsup and read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html > > - Is it possible to configure the console while in text mode to display > characters from other languages? I tried to configure the console font > and language through sysinstall but It didn't worked. My home language > is brazilian portuguese. Yes, look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n.html > > - There is an annoying thing on emacs. The backspace button doesn't work > as it usually do on other systems (erasing the last typed character). > How do I change this? I don't do emacs, so I can't help you there. > > Best regards, > Thiago
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