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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:13:11 -0500
To: "Ed Suchocki" <esuchocki@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com>
Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd
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The absolute best way for any newbie to get FreeBSD up and running
it to order the Cdroms.  You can also order "The Complete FreeBSD", a
book written by Greg Lehey, who posts to this list often.
Go to www.freebsd.org and look for directions on ordering FreeBSD on
Cdrom. After you play with it for awhile cvsup'ing, IMHO, 
is the best way to update to the most recent -release.  

Any of the Freenix's are tough to learn. I learned at college.
We had/have an entire network of FreeBSD machines there. Secondly, I'm not
sure
you will ever learn it all.  Also, IMHO, freenix's are not made
for the everyday "point and click commando."  Your granny is not gonna
figure this out for sure, no matter what GUI you put in front of her.

At 09:50 PM 11/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I know that many people are using Free Bsd in their systems. I'm curious how
>these people have been able to figure where to start in using the system. I
>was expecting to find some insight here on the web but there is none to be
>found. How to download the software is as clear as mud. A person must be
>completely familiar with FTP and Free BSD before attempting to download and
>install it. If Free bsd is to get into the main stream there must be a
>better way for people to get useful and clear information as to how to
>install and download this system. The books that I have found are of no
>great help either. This operating system is only good to those who already
>know it!
>
>	If you know of any sites or books that discuss the features of FreeBSD and
>have examples of how to use FTP to download it, I would appreciate the
>information.
>
>I'm currently using MS Explorer 4.0 and I do not see any way of starting an
>ftp file transfer (no reference in help).
>
>Frustrated in Chicago,
>
>ejs614@flash.net
>
>
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