From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 27 9: 9:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 132A037B479 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:09:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e9RG8p401195; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:08:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:08:51 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: peter olin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port Message-ID: <20001027090851.Z28123@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20001027145036.228.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20001027145036.228.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com>; from zyranik@yahoo.com on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:50:36AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * peter olin [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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message