From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 15:09:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFDD2106567C for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from passiveprofits@yahoo.com) Received: from web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.179.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B83578FC35 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from passiveprofits@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 35801 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Apr 2008 15:09:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=a98T5AotOtRXryXfXeijriSD8IC2C4gM05hoeMtXqSHl5oIrkLwVui+Cbvvjyye9POz2fFbKJIhtJVpBLqcZddm5fwOw5u1GdesA6Xu6tqsymXfr25msLS2IaWoEhNeJodBYEDPODytYiAz5OL425RsgRysdluzqMFxXi9w1qnk=; X-YMail-OSG: cITnHqQVM1lhCmCb44SSx5dvTDDm1LZb0zUDFXWEJ1sqdHn1wgRJyuzKNeOJfJkRBMWcqdOTi6T3tshRbTh8zrYznILvSIPecGnLIw-- Received: from [80.46.113.101] by web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:09:41 PDT Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:09:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Passive PROFITS To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <966774.35282.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Newbie Update - & thanks! :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:09:43 -0000 Hi All, Just to say, thanks to your pointers and encouragement, I've spent my first few days messing about with BSD! :) First off, I wimped out (shame really) and installed DesktopBSD as I was already at least 'glance' familiar with KDE from Ubuntu Linux. This gave me some confidence. The slow update/repository server was an ache though; taking almost a day or two to fully update my system. For the update speed alone, I decided DesktopBSD would not do, and that I'd better now pluck up the courage to install v.6.2_RELEASE ... A false start later (messed up the Network Config), I got a working install of FreeBSD up and running - hip hip hooray! :) I've decided there is no use punishing myself so I have decided to put on a desktop - Gnome. I started this download/compile/install like about 24 hours ago, and it's still going strong. Now I understand the difference between precompiled packages and building from source, even if only in terms of the time & resource constraints! :( Anyway, it feels good to have my first 'matrix-like' computer screen, when the computer is actually doing something other than display a screen saver!! Fingers crossed I'll get a clean boot of Gnome within less than another few hours, and then I can take a peek at pf, and other gizmos, etc, hopefully, without taking too much of a lesson in CLI, first! NB: nice to notice there is some Linux/BSD overlap in terms of apps etc; a lot more than I'd realised! ;) Best, PP ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com