From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 8 11:59:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsite.foxinternet.net (mail.foxinternet.net [208.8.213.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E8537B697 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:59:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stenna@foxinternet.net) Received: from stenna (unverified [208.26.190.146]) by mailsite.foxinternet.net (Rockliffe SMTPRA 3.4.5) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:57:56 -0800 Message-ID: From: "Sebhat_Tenna" To: Subject: Very New User.... Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:56:03 -0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am 17 and have been a Windows user since I started to use PCs 1 1/2 years ago. I have never used UNIX. I have taught myself Java programming for 3 or so months, and I am learning C++ now. I just ordered FreeBSD 3.4 Power Pack. My questions are: 1)Does it take a computer scientist to install it? 2)What are the major benefits of UNIX over Windows NT? 3)I hear UNIX is open source. What does this mean? Can I change my operating system? Is my operating system one big application to be tinkered with? 4)Can I get software for UNIX for a reasonable price(word processors, editors, compilers, etc...)? I mean, do many people use UNIX? If so, who? 5)I hear UNIX has a big following with crackers and hackers. I don't want to be a hacker or anything, but they are the ones that seem to know the most. Can I be part of their group to learn about UNIX and programming with out being dubbed a hacker and end up on the eleven o'clock news? Will they receive me with open arms or shun me? thanks allot showing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message