From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Apr 5 1:52:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from f1node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de [131.220.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6EE37B446 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 01:52:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de) Received: from moritz.alleswirdgelber (ascend-tk-p209.dialin.uni-bonn.de [131.220.244.209]) by f1node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA182766; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:52:21 +0200 Received: from localhost (uzs106@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moritz.alleswirdgelber (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA00716; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 02:40:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 02:40:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Heiko Recktenwald X-Sender: uzs106@moritz.alleswirdgelber To: David Johnson Cc: MrK1nt@aol.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports In-Reply-To: <3ACB8639.38D08B29@acuson.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Im really new to FreeBSD/Unix. I just want to get it up and running, connected to the net, etc. > > I can get it up and running, and connected to the net, without using any > ports. If you're looking for a desktop system, it will be kind of sparse > and boring, but if you just want a server, then it will be sufficient. Maybe you want email and webbrowsing and news, so pine, lynx, tin with leafnode. Apache to have an own webserver. KDE is a windozish desktop, you dont need it, it is confusing. twm, that is the default when you install X, is all you need to run things like xv, basic image manipulation, or gimp, or netscape. Good luck ! H. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message