From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 22:43:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49FD31065674 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:43:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-127.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-127.bluehost.com [67.222.38.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 146098FC1F for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:43:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 26442 invoked by uid 0); 21 Mar 2008 22:43:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Mar 2008 22:43:24 -0000 Received: from c-67-165-217-249.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.165.217.249] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JcpxM-00017P-OJ for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:43:24 -0600 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:43:25 -0600 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:43:25 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080321224325.GA67561@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org References: <000001c88a5c$82d01b40$887051c0$@com> <20080320154053.GB58593@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080320154053.GB58593@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 67.165.217.249 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Cc: Subject: Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:43:27 -0000 On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:40:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:32:08PM -0800, Donald Laniohan wrote: > > > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > > 386 with windows 3.1. I remember when I built my 486 and stole a copy of > > windows 95. I thought I was a savage. BSD, however, has showed me how > > juvenile I have been. If I do not master BSD my brother is going to keep me > > as a desktop support for his windows clients and I want to progress past > > this. So he's giving me a 1u, and said to put BSD on it and make it do > > something, im just so stuck in my windows comfort zone I can't think of what > > I would need a unix server to that I couldn't make windows do for me. I know > > this is trivial but if somebody could offer any suggestion or resource I, > > and my career, would greatly appreciate it > > > > Good for your brother. > > First thing to do is get on the FreeBSD website: http://www.freebsd.org/ > and start reading. Especially read the handbook and things about > installing and setting up FreeBSD. > > Then put some stuff on it, such as browser (Firefox, probably), > web server (Apache), office tools (OpenOffice) and maybe a few games > from /usr/ports and learn to use those. You might want to add > database (MySQL), interpreter (Perl, PHP) and other stuff as needed. Considering the purpose here is to build a server, I doubt Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and games would really be appropriate at this time. > > Have fun. I second the motion. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."