From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 16:26:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AF516A41F for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:26:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEFC43D48 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:26:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j8RGQeBn006482; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:26:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j8RGQeOr006481; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:26:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200509271626.j8RGQeOr006481@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jonas.de.buhr@gmx.net (jonas) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:26:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20050927163541.688c485c@localhost> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New user X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:26:41 -0000 > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:04:06 -0400 (EDT) > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm a new to UNIX, I got to know about your services recently. > > > Please tell me ware to start FreeBSD(UNIX) . Because I'm pissed off > > > with Windows . > > > > One place to wstart is to break your lines in your messages at > > about 70 characters. It makes your posting easier to read and > > reply to from text based Email clients - used by many in the FreeBSD > > world. Most Email clients can be configured to do this > > automatically. If yours cannot, then just hit a RETURN/ENTER about > > that point on each line. > . . . > > and source lets you tinker and learn. You can discover things by > > actually reading the code. > > > > Maybe you expected more specific technical information that what I > > have written in this response. But, actually, the things I have > > covered respond to the major mistakes people make getting started > > with FreeBSD. The technical things are most easily covered by > > following the documentation either from the handbook or one of the > > good books on FreeBSD. > > > > Good luck and have fun, > > > > ////jerry > > > > i think this should be integrated into the FAQ :) It is OK with me though I notice I forgot to put in learning to use the man pages and there are several typos that need cleaning up. Maybe I should rummage through the documentation info on doing that. ////jerry > cya, > jonas