From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 25 14:50:38 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 444DEB1BEA8 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:50:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com (mail-io0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C9651802 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f176.google.com with SMTP id f89so151501044ioi.0 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:50:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=CH/W8RtdusT7oqtnKd/lFsXfgGIZVjlAeAIOXg5WAQo=; b=XWUHSGCuC+LDm8Mszbzi5VYfokziLUU2eh9hfuv8txJWDLxcpR/qOBj09a83Mb09OW aybwrVe09pK4xSfXf9qe4zlY3EcqzCXoHZoubJnRgeWDEl4ArMWKnMBdmGL9+I3nBp5C +/Q7QT/2MDT37oGaQy0It4L2I4cdYUPKg7oeezbZI6IUiG1Q4/JqTwTm2ZVtYOVOOFEZ l0MmOhwrbX1b+xzPUea5gbfPv+5KaQdxs7fumwVc50oM5N6qFa4d3dBM62RqzNQo36rR PazSqbWmtyAiNDXamGc/v/03Bgn5hgiuBdn234TAktxyAaxewYToYEsMUiyDWf/5NS7V i1nw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FUlAUa4vBY7LGSVHuD2KDKCgw55rhlGtQH4ASW+Pb0OQCfUVJmBWnipuDH2qCpKmQ== X-Received: by 10.107.7.170 with SMTP id g42mr37811388ioi.81.1461595506140; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-195-44.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.195.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s8sm11547544iod.40.2016.04.25.07.45.04 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:45:04 -0700 (PDT) References: <20160425031711.9c3f1281.freebsd@edvax.de> <1461591397.2701682.588802681.69CE0095@webmail.messagingengine.com> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Dewey Rahn Cc: Polytropon , dewey@posteo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) In-reply-to: <1461591397.2701682.588802681.69CE0095@webmail.messagingengine.com> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:45:10 -0500 Message-ID: <8637q93fyh.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:50:38 -0000 Dewey Rahn writes: > I got this far now. How do I get to to boot up with the home screen? I strongly suggest you stop doing anything with this install, read the FreeBSD Handbook,[1] and consider starting over. A lot of people have gong through a lot of work creating an official "Beginner's Guide" that covers all of the fundamentals of FreeBSD. It would be inconsiderate to ignore that effort while expecting people to reproduce it here just for you. I would also recommend that you read "BSD for Linux Users."[2] Though some of its information has been irrelevant for years, it will still give you a decent idea of how FreeBSD and other *BSD operating systems are different from Linux. Two things are of note: first, FreeBSD has no "home screen," because FreeBSD has no graphical interface. The graphical stuff is not part of FreeBSD, and you have to install it separately. And to do that, you need to learn how to use the ports system and package manager. And to do that, you need to read the Handbook and the man pages. Which is the second point: FreeBSD is primarily aimed at advanced users, or users willing to learn on their own. You need to be willing to read the documentation and learn how to configure everything manually. People are willing to help if you get stuck, but no one will be happy if you expect them to walk you through every step. [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ [2]: http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01 -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------