From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 6 13:51:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10668 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:51:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10660 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:50:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA19083; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Ian O'Friel" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help In-Reply-To: <000701bd617e$0258f5c0$2ff648c2@metallica> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please wrap your lines, thanks. On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Ian O'Friel wrote: > I have just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 because I need to learn how to use > multiple Operating Systems, I have well above average knowledge of DOS, > Windows 3.1x/95/NT and OS/2 Warp 3. My next task is to learn FreeBSD. I > have it on a Dual-Boot system with Windows 95 and OS/2 (or should that > be triple boot ?!?) Sounds good. > The problem is that the only thing I can get the god-damned thing to do > is run the Installation Program by typing /stand/sysinstall . Is there > any way of getting a Graphical User Interface, can I download one, is > there one with FreeBSD ? The X Window System is an option you can install. It's best installed at system install time although you can do it later. > Also, How do you play the games, I have several games installed with > FreeBSD like Doom and NetHack. How do I run these ?? Just type their names, ie `nethack'. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message