From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 12: 2:12 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 12:02:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8384137B400 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:02:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBDK21G00345; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:02:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:02:01 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Andre Goodrich Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: looking for freebsd Message-ID: <20001213120201.M16205@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from dmen@netactive.co.za on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 09:43:07PM +0200 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Andre Goodrich [001213 11:56] wrote: > i'm really new to this (computing in general) but already i'm tired of the > blinding monolith that is windows. i really want to use my computer, to > interact with it in a more meaningful way than just clicking my mouse. i > want to see how things work behind the scenes, and i have stumbled across > what looks to be the solution to my predicament with freebsd. my question > for you then is how and where can i obtain a copy of freebsd? can i get it > off the internet? Yes: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html explains how to download and install. best of luck, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message