Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:26:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jonas.de.buhr@gmx.net (jonas) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New user Message-ID: <200509271626.j8RGQeOr006481@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050927163541.688c485c@localhost>
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> > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:04:06 -0400 (EDT) > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> 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
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