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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:08:51 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        peter olin <zyranik@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: port
Message-ID:  <20001027090851.Z28123@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001027145036.228.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com>; from zyranik@yahoo.com on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:50:36AM -0700
References:  <20001027145036.228.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com>

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* peter olin <zyranik@yahoo.com> [001027 07:50] wrote:
> dear guys out there,
>     well i try to read all teh manuals about freebsd.
> so here i wanna know if 
> 
> 1) freebsd run well in window based sys. i'm using win
> 2000 profesional.

My condolences, FreeBSD is an operating system, meaning you
can't run it "under" another OS like Windows unless you
have an emulator like 'vmware'.

> 2) what is "port"?..i mean how port is used in
> freebsd??

http://www.freebsd.org/ports/

It's a system for installing 3rd party software on FreeBSD.

> 3)i haven't install freebsd because it looks quite
> dangerous incase i wnet wrong. so i hope is there
> other usefull tips to install freebsd that i can use??

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html

> 
> 4)can u send some pics of freebsd interface??

FreeBSD doesn't have a specific interface, you can
run many different interfaces, KDE is one and you can
view screenshots of FreeBSD + KDE here:

http://www.kde.org/kde2shots.html

> i hope my question is not to hard...to think by u
> guys. thanks and i would appreciate if u able to reply
> to this email. thanks again

Not a problem, but please keep the usage of 'u' instead of 'you'
to IRC or drop it entirely. :)

later,
-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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