From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Mar 7 0: 5:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from femail19.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail19.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE1EA37B718 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 00:05:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vcardona@home.com) Received: from marx.marvic.chum ([24.17.229.11]) by femail19.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20010307080519.GQFV12888.femail19.sdc1.sfba.home.com@marx.marvic.chum> for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 00:05:19 -0800 Received: (from vcardona@localhost) by marx.marvic.chum (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id f2786ID27073 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 02:06:18 -0600 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 02:06:18 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About Unix Message-ID: <20010307020618.A27029@marx.marvic.chum> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: ; from stmfnman@hotmail.com on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:17:57PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:17:57PM -0600, Super Saijin wrote: > Ok, I just read a million tutorials. I feel very VERY stupid now. What is > Unix. (A newb explenation please). How do I run unix? Is FreeBSD entirely > Unix? what makes it Unix? How does Unix work? what is a kernel? what is a > shell? Please please please do not send me to a tutorial page. I would like > support from someone not pre fabricated hoopla. Thank you for your time. UNIX is an operating system. You can run UNIX by installing a version of UNIX on your computer. FreeBSD is a variant of UNIX. It is a UNIX variant, because of its history, and its design. It traces its lineage back to the original UNIX code base It works just like any other operating system. It works better than some. A kernel is the heart of an operating system. It handles the hardware on a computer. A shell is an interface to the operating system. It provides certain commands and scripting capabilities. - v -- Victor R. Cardona vcardona@home.com "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message