From owner-freebsd-www Wed Aug 19 10:02:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA16009 for www-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:02:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-www) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16004 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:02:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA15282; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Don Mockaitis cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In the future, please use questions@freebsd.org for FreeBSD questions/info. Thanks! On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Don Mockaitis wrote: > I'm trying to learn the UNIX operating system on my computer. Can it be > installed other than in the startup directory in order that Win 95 > remains my main operating system? Absolutely, assuming you have sufficient space to create a new partition. > Is the command language similiar to Basic? UNIX. The command language is similar to UNIX. :) The shell commands are pretty unique, there are some faint throwbacks to DOS but that's it. If you're not familiar with shell syntax then I suggest either purchasing a book or looking at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/newuser/ for a introduction. > By the way how do you guys make any money? For all intents and purposes, FreeBSD is a non-profit venture. Walnut Creek CDROM sells CDs of the distribution, and money from that funds development and network connectivity. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major