From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 07:38:37 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 5FDCE106566B for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 07:38:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE428FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 07:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id x43so2438042wey.13 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:38:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6lNkpVld+DQymWR/rLJy2cRB98qO85Agkua2NCRUeE4=; b=M0w8+Xf+lbQgFzOHaSie1Kfgyaxi3OQUPoTp5ccmj9kaVRgA7mtfH11darNRoOfPNZ Ryxtc+SkBuVaY7sCT98euIhDShZ7PvgZPmAL+F6c5DKolFnvdRIFF2fJ9zXFP3hRsDaD 5o9Ao+LzVLGuLQS7SuPA3Ayn6Lv6FIqRxzNK6sOpXQNQP8X6PBIGpGk5nEL0ANCbpPQv 2EISTYOcM6ikw2UdGVvfqlAjg2MwaGqnbBAr2Z0PN33XCqDm/Sqp1WePWDJvqv52Y9IE ROw3BNhbhw7UMcfO7iGKe1/bKJCnb1veyUhmIWBd8oC2+LQaiGIDYvT4s9uTjLX2qzdu E8ag== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.206.152 with SMTP id l24mr7466066weo.66.1349595510375; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:38:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.156.14 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:38:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:38:30 -0700 Message-ID: From: Waitman Gobble To: alwin doss Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 07:38:37 -0000 On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM, alwin doss wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Take a look at PC-BSD http://www.pcbsd.org/ Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA