From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 6 14:01:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822C816A4CE for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:01:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 367B043D2F for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:01:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Barbish3@adelphia.net) Received: from barbish ([67.20.101.71]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20040906140059.TILO2583.mta9.adelphia.net@barbish>; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:00:59 -0400 From: "JJB" To: "Douglas" , Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:00:59 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: RE: Web browsing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Barbish3@adelphia.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:01:00 -0000 owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > Um, I know this is going to sound stupid, but I am completely > dumbfounded as to how I can runa web browser in FreeBSD. I got so > frustrated that I didn't know how to use FreeBSD and the fact that > Elmira is a Windows city was completely agitating me, so I ended up > uninstalling FreeBSD from my main hardrive, re-installed Windows, and > I am e-mailing you guys for help, but don't fret, I have not left > FreeBSD high and dry. I am going to install it onto my very old 261MB > SeaGate HDD. But if I am going to use FreeBSD I need help getting > used to it. Like, for example, how do I run a program, let's say > Netscape for example. Please do help! I have always heard good > reports about UNIX based OSes like FreeBSD. Thank-you. You probably want elinks a text only browser. It runs from the console without xwindows and is so small that it will fit on your small hard drive Install it from /usr/ports/www/elinks. Run it like this: 'elinks http://www.google.com'. If you want a console graphical browser that works without X. Run , pkg_add -vr svgalib to install SVGAlib. Then install port /usr/ports/www/links and change install compile options to use svgalib instead of the default xwindows. run it like this: links -g -mode 640x480x64k http://www.google.com