From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Sep 22 5:52:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (pc-62-31-42-140-hy.blueyonder.co.uk [62.31.42.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B5D37B406 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 05:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f8MClvO81234; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:47:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:47:57 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: Ido Kanner Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About the OS Message-ID: <20010922134757.Y1162@clan.nothing-going-on.org> References: <000a01c14349$14355e40$4671003e@ido> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fwVzdwcpG0LlK9IO" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000a01c14349$14355e40$4671003e@ido>; from kanerido@netvision.net.il on Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:29:07AM +0200 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --fwVzdwcpG0LlK9IO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:29:07AM +0200, Ido Kanner wrote: > I'm tring to learn the FreeBSD OS. >=20 > i have few question about the OS that i did not find answers to anywhere = else. >=20 > First of all i'm new to all Unix, Linux and Unix like OSes... >=20 > 1. What are the executibles of the OS=20 > I.e. The Scripts files, the .EXE likes etc... I don't understand the question. > 2. How can I search in Man in general for a command that I do not know=20 > it's name but I know what it needs to do ? man -k keyword e.g., make -k firewall > 3. How can I find drivers for my hardware like: Software-Modem, Zip Drive= =20 > and more ? Read the chapter in the Handbook about kernel configuration, and look at the list of supported hardware that comes with whatever release of FreeBSD that you're using. > 4. How can I add a locolized language to it (my langauge is Hebrew) ? See the Handbook, chapter 13. > 5. Can I use Linux or Unix program in FreeBSD, if so, then how ? See the Handbook, chapter 20. In summary, go and read the Handbook. N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --fwVzdwcpG0LlK9IO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjusiH0ACgkQk6gHZCw343WoBwCeNP/lmZfOnE9BpXJKvh+JspfV oLoAniQ4aGlyiP5byH77wKeuA9Pjs2Ta =gyCO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fwVzdwcpG0LlK9IO-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message