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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:56:53 +0100
From:      "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>
To:        "Edward and Nancy Powers" <ednan171@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX
Message-ID:  <8a0028260609181556q4c1cb88bwa5bc940a08cb3652@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY117-F2534A30F5C13C2014072F2982D0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY117-F2534A30F5C13C2014072F2982D0@phx.gbl>

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On 18/09/06, Edward and Nancy Powers <ednan171@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>    I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to
>    run commands and become familiar with the system.  I wish to use this
>    system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I
>    do not want to replace Windows at this time.
>
>    My PC has:  Pentium III Processor at 1GHz, 128MB RAM at 133 MHz,
>    Windows ME operating system.
>
>    What course of action do you recommend that I take?
>
>    Thanks.
>    Ed Powers
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Probably the best thing to do first is to find out which version of UNIX is
covered on the DVD; there are many "dialects," and if you choose the wrong
one (i.e. one which is too different from the one on the DVD) you may become
lost.


Jeff Rollin



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