Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 03:56:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> Cc: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10210140353110.6379-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010301153250.15986-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, ML Duke wrote: > > > So I'm thinking of creating a short article (unofficial) that lists one > > > or two recommended packages in a variety of categories. > > Excellent idea. I remember being so confused even to make a port > to _try_ an application was a trial: "make? right. What's make?" > Seems we can do that right here on this list real simple like. > > For starters I would recommend: > Lynx > Pine > Netscape > ee > ispell > xpdf > CorelWP > gimp > > Course that's just me. With enough contributions, we could probably > cover most everything right here on newbies. > > ML Duke > > I haven't been following this in detail but my recommendations are 1) cvsup and 2) a good shell, probably bash because it does everything and Linux uses it as the default. Beyond that it depends on what you want to to--I was using "mail" to send mail tonight, just out of sheer quick convenience. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com; with 4.6.2 installation CD (soon to be 4.7 and then.... Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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