From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 07:17:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC3A106566B for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 07:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alwindoss84@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55FA48FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 07:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fw7so4337166vcb.13 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:17:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XSAtQj6buM7qZSsMWOWru+efaCKWOBFTc6RBoA+PWaI=; b=pSt0/DCXlD3TPskIZOvrT/xmwYuj0XUozuoYEU2ozKIJdQ6WJ9xP1uS/P4JJo8yA/u 53uZHSQT2Hk1+5ikhoV6Tbs53j0797krt3B/NeAkcqUy+BW1fMW19id1jt1idnfHS618 pZOk/GhBkOYf71jemcCDbPxQhmCg/aAg5yNYVfJFP/82Z2rDc+XV7E61z0BDD0BQYqg1 3uNleYSiXejQn0Y8pFTeWeBin8HX2gtFgFNpLbiRmx7am/OS0sPnYLSfFYrJAhV0VWzH mgK5XVoYC1dEY+qzBmg9xtQNedWYoO7N7gY3jMznNlpxsc4NumQlQ8Z3ZvBSPU+k+GZS i8Dg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.58.172.167 with SMTP id bd7mr8194993vec.15.1349594246502; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:17:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.216.4 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:17:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:47:26 +0530 Message-ID: From: alwin doss To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: New User to 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: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:17:27 -0000 Hi, Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other than linux with enthusiasm. But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such complex family of distributions which are so different from each other". Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fell in love with it, but yes I have 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. Added to the above interests of mine, I am a C++ and java developer. I want to use this talent that God's has blessed me with in this community. I want to begin with FreeBSD's very own GUI. Not depending on anyone (Gnome, KDE or....) I want it to be soooooo good that a commoner shoule be able to work with it with ease and feel safe and secure. So if someone could guide me about how to get started with contributing to FreeBSD it would be great. Please do reach out to me for more details if you need that is!!! Send me links that will get me started with FreeBSD I am all excited for this new journey to begin. -- Alwin Doss God's Beloved