From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 28 16:28:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB9516A4CE for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:28:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m24.mx.aol.com (imo-m24.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D4843D49 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from TM4525@aol.com) Received: from TM4525@aol.com by imo-m24.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id i.b7.495480e9 (25305); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:27:51 -0400 (EDT) From: TM4525@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:27:50 EDT To: spiraleyedgirl@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5114 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Development Resources X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:28:08 -0000 In a message dated 10/16/04 5:27:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, spiraleyedgirl@hotmail.com writes: >Hello, > >After looking at the FreeBSD website and looking at docs all over the place, >I havent found what I'm looking for, so I decided to mail this list. >I am a software developer for Windows, and moving to FreeBSD has been very >nice, especially since the tools to make software are completly free! My >question is: Where can I find information on programming for FreeBSD? Things >like how it differs from Windows, what it can and can't do, how to develop >for X/KDE. I am good with C and C++, and know my way around gcc/make, but I >don't know about system and 'net API calls that are specific to FreeBSD, and >*NIX in general. >If you can point me to a good website, that would help >If you can point me to a (recent) book, that would be even better. > >Much thanks! Listen pal, there's are reason this stuff is free; figure it out for yourself! :D