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From: Daniel Grunblatt <daniel@grunblatt.com.ar>
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Niranjan CS wrote:

> hi there,
> i dont know wether it is appropriate to ask my doubts here.but still i hope to get some help from you people.if you feel i am distrubing you please forgive me once and help me.
> i am a windows user.but i always wanted to learn UNIX.to be frank i havent seen a machine running UNIX.so i decided to install and learn FreeBSD.but the problem is my knowledge with UNIX is totally ZERO.what i know about UNIX is it is a stable OS.i dont know what it does and how it does.after browsing through the site i am really confused.i want to know from where i can download a free copy of FreeBSD? what to download ? there are so many files and folders in the ftp sites.which folder and files i should download so that i can get the machine up .what are the machine requirments? how to proceed further ? I cant afford to buy those books which are in dollars.so if anyone can tell me where i can get some good documentation it will be very helpfull.
>
> with regards
> Niranjan
>


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