Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:46 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: questions about FreeBSD Message-ID: <159170.69145.qm@web65505.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20090831120031.3591A10656C0@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Message: 20 > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:39 +1200 > From: "Julian R A Manning" <julian.r.a.manning@gmail.com> > Subject: questions about FreeBSD > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > Message-ID: > > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAOslQhhRS5xJqSorEnTxDa7CgAAAEAAAAKtsYYLAghFBhcOIbfZK6jgBAAAAAA==@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Sir/Madam > > I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in > mind are: Such general questions imply "homework assignment." Somebody already replied with a link to the Handbook: It mainly covers installing and configuring FreeBSD. > > . What type of OS is > it? Is it single/multi user, multitasking, what > family does it belong to? Yes, it supports all three. Single-user mode is usually reserved for emergency system maintenance. > > . General features > (at least three)? Firewall, GUI, Networking and > so on. Yes, But the GUI is part of the "Ports" collection (X Window system (xorg)) http://www.freebsd.org/features.html > . Minimum Hardware > Requirements? Processors, RAM, Hard drive space, > type of monitors and so on. Almost anything made in the past 10 years will do. > > . File system > supported? > > . Applications (at > least three)? eg. wordprocessing and so on. See the ports collection (Chapter 4 of Handbook). > It would be very helpful if you could just pass on this > email to someone who > has experience with FreeBSD. > > Yours sincerely, Julian Manning > Regards, James Phillips __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
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