Re: newbee to freebsd, unix, etc...
Hi Charlie, I am presently trying to teach myself FreeBSD too and the best HOWTO/Tutorial/Book out there for guys like us are, in my opinion, the FreeBSD Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/) and Greg Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD (http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/). I've found the two to be very helpful. -- Bryan Charlie OBrien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, im Charlie in Tucson Arizona. Im trying to teach myself FreeBSD and this is what i have done so far. I have downloaded and installed FreeBSD 6.1 onto my spare computer. i can boot the computer and login into the # prompt. how do i invoke the KDE windows environment? what are some other resources for me to learn the how to do... for example: how do i install applications. Im pretty proficient at using microsofts windows environment. any help is greatly appreciated. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbee to freebsd, unix, etc...
Bryan Bonifacio wrote: Hi Charlie, I am presently trying to teach myself FreeBSD too and the best HOWTO/Tutorial/Book out there for guys like us are, in my opinion, the FreeBSD Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/) and Greg Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD (http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/). I've found the two to be very helpful. In addition, after you're done with those, there are excellent articles on www.onlamp.com site. For instance, the ones about ports[1] are just amazing. Cheers, Mikhail. [1] - http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbee to freebsd, unix, etc...
how do i invoke the KDE windows environment? If you configured everything properly-in terms of XWindows-and have installed KDE, bringing up the KDE environment can simply be done using the command startkde. You may prefer setting up more than that though, so I suggest modifying .xinitrc and adding startkde, then invoking startx instead. what are some other resources for me to learn the how to do... for example: how do i install applications. There are a few HOWTOs out there, but you should also consult the Handbook first... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Im pretty proficient at using microsofts windows environment. Welcome to a Unix environment though. Things are quite a bit different here. any help is greatly appreciated. And help is gratefully given as long as respect is as well on the list :). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbee to freebsd, unix, etc...
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:10:05PM -0700, Charlie OBrien wrote: Hi, im Charlie in Tucson Arizona. Im trying to teach myself FreeBSD and this is what i have done so far. I have downloaded and installed FreeBSD 6.1 onto my spare computer. i can boot the computer and login into the # prompt. how do i invoke the KDE windows environment? what are some other resources for me to learn the how to do... for example: how do i install applications. Im pretty proficient at using microsofts windows environment. any help is greatly appreciated. The handbook is a great resource that covers almost all aspects of running and configuring your system. It'll be a great help. Also, if you weren't aware, there's a user group in Tucson! I don't recall the URL just now, but if you have trouble finding it email me and I'll help you get in touch. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
