Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:34:28 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: Louis Marrero <louis_marrero@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix basics (was Re: For My Edification) Message-ID: <BANLkTikTuAf7ZL0qpctQXPSYuXSeDEzAhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105021924360.21351@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <000001cc091a$e041f380$a0c5da80$@com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105021924360.21351@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On 2 May 2011 19:37, Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2 May 2011, Louis Marrero wrote: >> Being familiar only with general knowledge on the Windows XP that I use >> daily, I've gone on the web to find out more information on some of the >> terms used by this programmer, such as "BSD", "shell terminal", "nc -u", >> etc. =A0Since my friend knows that my computer is strictly MS Windows, w= hen my >> friend writes down something like "In a shell terminal type nc -u >> 10.101.97.200 5555." it makes me wonder what I'm missing. > > When he says "shell terminal", think "command prompt". nc is netcat, but = I > didn't know Windows had that. In your friend's defense, I use Windows eve= ry > day (at work) and I can't always remember what things are called. Especia= lly > since MS changes terminology every now and then, evidently just for the h= ell > of it. > >> 1. =A0I know that Windows is an OS, and Linux/Unix as well as FreeBSD ar= e >> other Operating System. =A0My very basic question is this: Is it even po= ssible >> to install a second OS, like FreeBSD on an existing Windows-based comput= er? > > Yes. You can either set it up for dual boot - either by adding a second h= ard > drive, or by partitioning your existing drive if there's space - or you c= an > run another OS within a virtual machine of some sort. The latter would ne= ed > a pretty fast machine if the guest OS is to have decent performance. > > Having said that, I found it easier to get started using an old PC that w= as > too slow to run a modern Windows, but perfectly fine for a GUI-free BSD. = I'm > typing this on an old Dell that I bought on ebay. > Another possibility is to install cygwin ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ) which will give you a rather goodly number of unix/gnu programs, though they have the unfortunate habit of defaulting to bash, and if you install a compiler and some basic build tools a nigh-unto infinite number of programs become available. That said, buying an older, cheap machine to install FreeBSD on is probably the easiest. And who doesn't enjoy buying more stuff? >> 2. =A0Is it possible to link my Windows laptop to a web server with Unix= or >> FreeBSD and exercise Unix/Linux commands. =A0If so, how is that done? > > The server's admin would have to give you a shell account. Most commercia= l > ISPs won't do that, but maybe your friend will. > With PuTTY, you can connect to any unix/linux/bsd machine with sshd enabled (though you need an account on that machine to actually log in). ( http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ) X forwarding onto a windows machine ( http://www.math.umn.edu/systems_guide/putty_xwin32.html ) may be best reserved for the 201 course. --=20 --
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