From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 19:59:44 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 2D2D216A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:59:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail3.cableone.net [24.116.0.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C4743D31 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:59:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.71.12]) by smail3.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 34519452 for multiple; Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:43:03 -0700 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:59:04 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: David Litster Message-ID: <20040903145904.184b8414@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <413890E5.9080504@direcway.com> References: <413890E5.9080504@direcway.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting off windows 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: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 19:59:44 -0000 On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 11:42:29 -0400 David Litster wrote: > I have a windows machine and I am trying to figure out how to > replace the windows with freebsd. how do I do this? Read the freebsd handbook... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html if you have no unix experience be sure to read http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html once you learn it you will love it :) unix makes every thing easy ^_^ no tedious mucking about with a unwieldy mouse and you can do any thing how you want to and not how some one things you want to do something... when it comes to a graphical interface check out http://xwinman.org/ and http://www.freebsd.org/ports/x11-wm.html Just play around with those till you find one that fits you... just remember man is your friend and with man and the handbook you will nearly all ways find what you want :) and if you don't then ask :) enjoy! :)