Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:21:52 -0400 From: virgil huston <virgil.huston@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <3cf08c8105072108215c786c23@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200507191007.13555.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> References: <42DCD28E.000003.01076@ALVIAN> <200507191007.13555.bryan.maynard@reallm.com>
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On 7/19/05, Bryan Maynard <bryan.maynard@reallm.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 10:14 am, Rommi Alvian (MTHK/EDP) wrote: > > I am deeply interested with freeBSD. currently, i am a windows expert > > then i am trying to move into freeBSD. The problem is no one can teach > > me. i have read xxxguide but it can't help me. does freeBSD support > > GUI interface? >=20 I am quite inexperienced with Linux/Unix. so my experience may be useful to a newbie. I found FreeBSD easier to install that Red Hat Linux and far easier to use than RH. A couple of things I have learned: 1. Install the ports collection. 2. DO NOT try to install applications during the install process. In fact, I found that I didn't like using sysinstall to install apps at all. I just cd to the appropriate ports directory and run make and make install. 3. DO NOT forget to run make clean after installing apps. I couldn't figure out why my hard drive was filling up. I love FreeBSD so far. I wish I had discovered it long ago. VHH
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