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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 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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