Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:52:59 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Ray Campbell <goalie19@idt.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting up with FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970824195259.00845100@mail.sns.com> In-Reply-To: <3400F440.658A7225@idt.net>
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At 09:56 PM 8/24/97 -0500, Ray Campbell wrote: >Hey everybody... I just read the entire web page for FreeBSD >(http://www.freebsd.org) and was just wondering a few things. >1) How much space does one need for the OS, including mainly the >developement tools, (C/C++ compiler, and the editors...) The gnu compilers are included in the basic bin distribution, as are vi, ed, and ee, and probably a few others. Someone on the list just said that the basic bin distribution is 100mb, but its possbile (but difficult) to trim it down to 40mb. >2) Does anyone have a dial-up script out there for SLIP/PPP users such >as myself? I'd like to be able to dial my ISP from inside FreeBSD (is >this possible) That depends on your ISP. Check out www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp for PPP setup info. >3) I plan on using the FreeBSD OS for MUD (Multi User Dungeon) >developement...Is there any special settings I need for FreeBSD to >include in certain (the PICO editor, grep, and the GNU Compiler) Or are >these Standard? Grep and the gnu compilers are standard, but PICO you'd have to get separately. There may be a port/package for it. >4) I also noticed that there was something called X Windows, is this >another actuall OS that you can run from inside FreeBSD in order to see >graphics, or is it just sorta there to help lynx out a bit? X Windows is a graphical windowing shell which runs on FreeBSD. It puts a nice interface on things and lets you run stuff like Netscape, Doom, and other graphical programs. >I'm pretty new with FreeBSD, but I see the potential is definatley there >for it to be a great OS for myself, I hope that someone can help me out >with my questions > > Thanks... > --Ray --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 07/01/97
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