From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 20 16:14:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtprelay2.adelphia.net (smtprelay2.adelphia.net [64.8.25.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19F1937B401 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:14:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com) Received: from scraemondaemon.my.domain ([24.49.96.3]) by smtprelay2.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GGSOKQ02.5NE; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:14:50 -0400 Received: (from ipt@localhost) by scraemondaemon.my.domain (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f6KNBhP01318; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:11:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ipt) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:11:37 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas To: Jim Krenz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Program recommendations Message-ID: <20010720191137.A1278@localhost> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from unixverse@mac.com on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:20PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As it was put forth by Jim Krenz on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:20PM -0700... > Hello all, > > I have just installed FreeBSD 4.3, and am now attempting to figure out which > programs to use for various tasks. I am completely new to Unix-like systems > and the choices of options are plentiful (and somewhat confusing to my > newbie mind). In particular, I would like opinions on the following three: > > Shell > Text editor > E-mail client > > I realize this is a slightly loaded question, as I suspect that everyone has > their favorite program. But I am asking this because I am overwhelmed at the > moment, and need some help to get started. > > My main concern is this: I don't want to spend a ton of time learning one > program, and then six weeks later, find out that there is a better program > that was already available. I don't care if a program is harder to initially > learn--I just want the one that will serve me the best for the long term. > > Thanks for any advice! > > Jim > Jim Krenz > unixverse@mac.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Here is what I use. For the shell, tcsh. For the editor, emacs, at the console and in X, along with vi For mail, mutt, and I used to use Elm but mutt has more features. Try some of these programs out. Look in the ports in editors,mail,and shells and just play around. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message