From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 18:51:47 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 64D9937B404 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D19E43FBF for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:51:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 33B1F210AF3 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-3.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id DCAB2479F91; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:50:01 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: bob philituoy Message-Id: <20030712205001.3b57568d.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030713003419.280.qmail@web41704.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030713003419.280.qmail@web41704.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 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 01:51:47 -0000 On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:34:19 -0700 (PDT) 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. > > Thank You I would go with 4.8. If you are looking for a easy way to install it, it installs easily over the net. You can also downlaod the ISO needed to install it. I would suggest checking out http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html . Those should provide a good place to begin.