From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 28 04:07:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 13A3A16A420 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:07:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF47343D48 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:07:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (adsl-66-138-75-66.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [66.138.75.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5576B114327 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:06:33 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:06:14 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <766C95E9DB9915FB411D15CA@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.0 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: A strategic question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:07:11 -0000 --On January 28, 2006 3:16:04 AM +0100 Jozef Baum wrote: > This posting doesn't contain a technical question about FreeBSD, rather a > strategic one. > You need to try Gentoo. Seriously, though, did you follow the install document? I came from where you are - Windows -> Unix. In Windows, you throw the documentation in the trash and double click on setup.exe. Click on Next, Next, Next, Are you Sure?, Next, Next, Finish. Unix requires you to *prepare* before you install, by actually reading the docs. That will require a change of habits (although I still do things the Windows way when I'm working in Windows.) Read the docs first. Then try installing. You'll be much happier. Here's the Handbook - That should be your "bible". The first chapter is "Installing FreeBSD". Read it. Print it out. Follow it closely. You won't be sorry. Oh, and learn vi. Almost every Unix system comes with vi by default but *not* some of the other editors people like to use (like pico or emacs.) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/