From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 17:46:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21150 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21128 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:45:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul4.u.washington.edu (root@saul4.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.2]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id RAA12502; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:45:42 -0700 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id RAA25125; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:45:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: Josh cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Important questions. In-Reply-To: <36229AEE.90BEF392@swbell.net> 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 On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Josh wrote: >I am wanting to install 2.2.6. I have a few questions though. >Is the 2.2.6 C++ compiler ANSI/ISO standard? Yes. >Can I use the JAVA ICQ on FreeBSD? Yes. >Do any of you have ICQ? What is your #? No. >Would it be smart for me to only run FreeBSD without running windows 95? Yes. >How do I connect to the internet using FreeBSD? Use PPP or a network card. >How do I check my email using freebsd? Assuming that you use netscape, just the same way you would on windows. >How necessary is a kernel? A kernel is only needed if you want the computer to work. >Where should I download the ports collection to/from? >From ftp.freebsd.org. To /usr/ports. >Should i be installling 2.2.6? No. You should install 2.2.7 or wait a month and install 2.2.8 or 3.0 Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message