Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:55:39 -0400 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: phreaknic@hushmail.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a little bit of advice about Free Bsd.......... Message-ID: <38F7A1EB.A263D5A1@glue.umd.edu> References: <200004142204.PAA13619@mail5.hushmail.com>
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phreaknic@hushmail.com wrote: > > I have been thinking about putting Free Bsd on my system for a little while > know, and Have a couple quick questions. Once I have Freebsd installed and > X configured can I immediatly start window > maker (Fell in love with it recently)? Does netscape come pre-installed? > and lastly is setting up sound a simple process, or fairly difficult? Slackware > comes to mind. anyway Thanks for your time. After installing FreeBSD and X you'll then need to install Windowmaker before you can use it. It's in the ports collection. Netscape doesn't come preinstalled, but it too is in the ports collection. See the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook) for instructions on using the ports system. Sound isn't too hard to set up, but it really depends on what sound card you have. Look at the release notes (http://www.freeBSD.org/releases/4.0R/notes.html) to see what cards are supported. Note: SBLive! has just recently been added, so its not in the standard distribution yet, but if you search the mail archives you can find the appropriate instructions. -Brandon -- bfoz@glue.umd.edu "Lead, follow, or get run over" "In life there are those who steer, and those who push" "I'm not impatient, the world is too slow" "Life is short, so have fun, play hard, and leave a good looking corpse" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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