Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:20:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: nick <jmc@pathway.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970830201847.544C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970827233419.0067498c@pathway.net>
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On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, nick wrote: > I am a new user and would really Like to learn UNIX. > > Last christmas I bought LINUX and couldn't get it to install. > > NOW I purchased the COMPLETE FREEBSD book and CDs. > I did get it to install came to a DOS looking screen with a dollar sign symbol. > BUT COULDN"T DO A THING.... :( You could, if you knew UNIX commands. :) > I loaded everything I could from the list and was expecting X-WINDOWS screen > to look like windows... It won't look exactly like it, especially with the default window manager. If you installed and set up X properly, you should be able to run `startx' from the $ prompt and X will start up. > COULD YOU HELP recommend further books, methods of installing, programs, or > something to begin learning FREEBSD .......I really like to learn. ``Complete FreeBSD'' is a good place to start, but your local bookstore can help you with books in general for new users. Also check out the FreeBSD Bibliography at http://www.freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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