From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 01:17:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C6416A401 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:17:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D0FC43D45 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:17:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m18so15490nfc for ; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:17:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SWebYNRxRWgo+P+ccJeA0cOe//PY0EhrfVLLREHMlHZiYvJH0wkQNyYpvvsFkpoENUSsnJnsJ/p113L2Ea+C1HZ+eHNZPayoeDHm7lFEccuU6JWCf60cZghhBHLv6abJ6o5LFoDBoL72fWbVGKdXs370GSyZjNz6nMtyuqU9+BI= Received: by 10.49.36.7 with SMTP id o7mr177589nfj; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.108.19 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 18:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5ceb5d550604051817x314d5aer6c1a037f8b546517@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:17:53 +0200 From: "Daniel A." To: Tom In-Reply-To: <000001c65907$42db76c0$6401a8c0@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <000001c65907$42db76c0$6401a8c0@thomas> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:17:55 -0000 On 4/6/06, Tom wrote: > I am just looking at Free BSD as a Windows alternative. I have a home > workgroup that I am out growing and wanting to do more with, but don't wa= nt > to give MS any more Hundreds of hard earned dollars. > > > > My first question is where can I find a site that will list all approved = or > thoroughly checked out hardware to build a "box" (motherboards, and the > like). I don't have the time, or patience to get into major software > conflicts or bugs. I want to follow a A to B to C box build and software > setup. Is there someone (or more) to guide me through the process? Is the= re > a website with complete and accurate information on it? Is there a "BSD f= or > idiots" instruction book that's current? Is there a BSD project team work= ing > with manufactures and touting their successes? Help! > > > > Thank You > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > The #1 source of information about FreeBSD is the FreeBSD Handbook. It is a very complete, comprehensive and begginer-friendly guide. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/