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> Spiral Eyed Girl
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:25 PM
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> Hello,
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> After looking at the FreeBSD website and looking at docs all=20
> over the place,=20
> I havent found what I'm looking for, so I decided to mail this list.
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> I am a software developer for Windows, and moving to FreeBSD=20
> has been very=20
> nice, especially since the tools to make software are=20
> completly free! My=20
> question is: Where can I find information on programming for=20
> FreeBSD? Things=20
> like how it differs from Windows, what it can and can't do,=20
> how to develop=20
> for X/KDE. I am good with C and C++, and know my way around=20
> gcc/make, but I=20
> don't know about system and 'net API calls that are specific=20
> to FreeBSD, and=20
> *NIX in general.
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The Developer's handbook is an excellent place to start at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/

Good luck and enjoy the independence.

> 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.
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> Much thanks!
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Chris Haulmark
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