From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 22:49:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 2431A16A417 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B3613C461 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so1157284ana for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:49:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=nhfVwBOo3dfrNuMcmC+s2yFxrMih+nRaBWLeJ6HNunVy/xZ2gRUOt892ug0RfKXZFV7ym2KOqbjDPijqClDEKVM3H5LDfB48FmzyQz32AmKixo47MG58QfBH/VAwE5kc3q8c3JCv1HHPCXCZY+BbPXQQFNUTcLcTf/yubIWX5EM= Received: by 10.78.81.20 with SMTP id e20mr3815268hub.1168987740511; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:49:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.20 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:49:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:49:00 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: "Ata ur Rehman Alvi" In-Reply-To: <75cd2a440701160644w113d7abfl20194e3a6cc7d204@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <75cd2a440701160644w113d7abfl20194e3a6cc7d204@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6345f9cb064a8853 Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Ata Rehman Alvi Subject: Re: NEED HELP 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: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:49:03 -0000 On 1/16/07, Ata ur Rehman Alvi wrote: > HELLO > > I AM A NEWBIE FOR UNIX PLATEFORM, AND I DONT KNOW ABOUT FTP DOWNLOADING > IDEA. WOULD U TELL ME HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE BSD UNIX AND HOW TO INSTALL, I AM > HAVING NO RESPONSE WHEN I TRY TO DOWNLOAD. AND IN DOCUMENTATION I CANT FIND > MUCH HELP Hi! FreeBSD is not very popular in Saudi Arabia, but there's an increasing amount of interest in the Arab world. There used to be a mirror close to you (ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/), but FreeBSD is not available from there at the moment. You can download FreeBSD over http from a number of places: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html Just select any mirror with "http" written next to it, for example this one is in Turkey: http://ftp.tr.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ Unfortunately, there's not much documentation on FreeBSD in Arabic, so you'll have to read through our English handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html If you have major difficulty, maybe you should start with FreeBSD-based distributions like PC-BSD or DesktopBSD. They are easier to install for newcomers: http://www.pcbsd.org/ http://www.desktopbsd.net/ http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/pcbsd/1.3/PCBSD-1.3.01-x86-CD1.iso http://62.141.59.55/DesktopBSD/DesktopBSD-1.0-x86-CD.iso My father is very fluent in Arabic, but I'm just starting to convert him from Windows to Unix, so you'll have to wait a few years before he can provide support I guess :-) Good luck!