From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 17:57:09 2003 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 09E0037B401 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:57:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A78BC43F93 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:57:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 2072 invoked by uid 65534); 13 Jul 2003 00:57:06 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-145.openweb.ca (EHLO [64.39.186.145]) (64.39.186.145) by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 13 Jul 2003 02:57:06 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20030713003419.280.qmail@web41704.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030713003419.280.qmail@web41704.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1058057802.64423.22.camel@elwood> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 12 Jul 2003 20:56:42 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: i want to switch from windows to freebsd, please help me. 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: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 00:57:09 -0000 On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 20:34, bob philituoy wrote: > i have used nothing but window OS's in my 16 year lifespan and am tired of it. right now i have a old sony vaio pcv-90 with win95 and a computer i built (1.8ghz P4 with windows xp pro soon to be dual booted with linux suse 8.1 pro) and wanted to find a version of unix i could try. i bought suse but am having alot of trouble installing it and have not been able to run it. one of my friends has freebsd 4.4 and says that he likes it more than anything else out there so he has gotten me interested in it now. What do you version do you recomend for me to get since i am a major noob and do you recomend any reading materials? I've been to http://store.yahoo.com/bsdmall/ and looked around, do you recomend them any? > Any help will be very appreciated. First of all, you need to wrap your emails to 72-80 character rows so people can read them. Second of all, I've found the best place to learn about FreeBSD is on this mailing list, and on the FreeNode IRC channels dedicated to FreeBSD (#freebsd, #freebsd-gnome, #kde-freebsd, #freebsdhelp). For searchable archives, try http://www.freebsdsearch.com, http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums, and of course the FreeBSD handbook on http://freebsd.org The handbook and FAQ is really the place to start. If you don't know what part of the handbook to look, just ask here or on IRC and some kind soul will help you out. FreeBSD really is the best OS in the world, and also the best community. You will love it. -- Adam