From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 30 03:34:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE4916A4DD for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:34:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98D343D80 for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:34:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.06/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k6U3YLkp030968 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:34:21 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.50] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k6U3YK1W024836 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:34:20 -0700 Message-ID: <44CC28C3.8040708@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:34:27 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.7.29.201932 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: newbee to freebsd, unix, etc... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:34:30 -0000 > 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... > 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