Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:12:19 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@FreeBSD.org> To: alwin doss <alwindoss84@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New User to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20121007081219.GA60815@smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAHSusRrDDE3L4GgNcCcSGXCFvFdin6tZ6aBqDFte-EmLJJuQGw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHSusRrDDE3L4GgNcCcSGXCFvFdin6tZ6aBqDFte-EmLJJuQGw@mail.gmail.com>
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--Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 12:47:26PM +0530, alwin doss wrote: > Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fell in love with it, but yes I ha= ve > never used it yet, I have tried many times to install it, but the > installation process is really hard, I must say. > I really want to install it on my laptop and all my systems. Have you tried PC-BSD? It is effectively a 'distro' of FreeBSD, but aimed very much at desktop users. The installation process has been extensively modified, and should be much more accessible to new users. Also, laptops can be difficult to install FreeBSD on -- they tend to have non-standard versions of many of the typical components. Try looking up your hardware here: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ to see what tricks and tweaks may be needed. If you'ld like to contribute towards FreeBSD, you will be more that welcome. The easiest and simplest way to start is to become an active participant on the various mailing lists or the FreeBSD forums. Then, as you become familiar with the system, find and characterise any bugs you run into, and submit well-formed problem reports, for any of the ports, docs or the base system. "Well-formed" in the sense that just saying "foo is broken" doesn't really help: it is much better to show output from foo illustrating the brokenness and explain what you'ld expect to see specifically. Even better is if you can include patches to fix the problem. Don't be disenheartened if your patches get quite rigourously critiqued -- that's a good sign: it usually means that committers are taking your ideas seriously but want you to improve the implementation before it can be committed. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlBxOWMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxpKwCfTrRxIfdjsK4TwW8WxZXB23CE mwQAnRC8gWX4dPE8Qt5h9ZmHnoVh1LHG =xd/I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--
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