From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Aug 22 17:37:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from web13603.mail.yahoo.com (web13603.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.175.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5D8A37B40C for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:36:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bzdik@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010823003601.34829.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.16.193.228] by web13603.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:36:01 PDT Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:36:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Bzdik BSD Subject: Re: So I've installed, now what? To: freebsd-newbies In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Excellent book! --- Annelise Anderson wrote: > You can read Sue Blake's weekly posting on resources for newbies. > > You can go to http://www.freebsd.org and find the link listing > resources for newbies. This includes a link to my 10-page guide > for newusers. > > The book I wrote for new users is also available from > mall.daemonnews.org > > This includes (in Chapter 4) various stuff you can do from > /stand/sysinstall in case you didn't do it as part of installation. > > Chapters 5-8 are on looking around the system, reading and editing > files, finding out what's going on, adding users, and so forth. > > Chapters 9-11 are on third-party software (packages and ports)-- > what's available, packages vs. ports, and how to install software > and find it and run it after it's installed. > > Chapters 12-15 deal with getting your network connections set up, > getting sound working, printing, and X Window, the graphical user > interface. > > Chapter 16 is kernel configuration and 17 is updating the system > and/or > the ports collection. > > Chapter 18 is miscellaneous (including getting color on your > console), > 19 is crisis management, and 20 is other resources--good web sites > of the types others have mentioned and other stuff--USENET, books, > etc. > > It's called FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your > Personal Computer. > > Annelise > > On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > > > > > I managed to d/l the ISO file, burn a CD (new CD burner ;-) and > install > > FreeBSD to dual boot on my Windows 2000 machine (a Dell Inspiron > laptop > > 7500). > > > > Yay! > > > > So now I've got a relly nifty commandline prompt and about 1,000 > different > > things I'll need to do (configure X, sound?, Ethernet PC cards). > > > > But where to start? Is there a list somewhere of "What newbies > ought to do > > after they install" ? (CVSUP? What's that? How do I get myself > current > > from the 4.3 ISO release?) > > > > (Yes I know these are -questions but I thought they fall under > "helping each > > other to learn more on our own, finding and using resources.") > > > > TjL > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message