From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 08:17:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387731065672 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:17:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785FD8FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:17:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q978HZBk007294 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:17:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q978HZgs007293 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:17:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:17:35 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20121007081735.GC7105@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 x-pgp-key: 1D31DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.6 at kontrol.kode5.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: New User to FreeBSD 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, 07 Oct 2012 08:17:41 -0000 [ Waitman Gobble wrote on Sun 7.Oct'12 at 0:38:30 -0700 ] > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM, alwin doss wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other > > than linux with enthusiasm. > > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such > > complex family of distributions which are so different from each other". > > > > Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fell in love with it, but yes I have > > never used it yet, I have tried many times to install it, but the > > installation process is really hard, I must say. > > I really want to install it on my laptop and all my systems. > > Added to the above interests of mine, I am a C++ and java developer. I want > > to use this talent that God's has blessed me with in this community. > > > > I want to begin with FreeBSD's very own GUI. Not depending on anyone > > (Gnome, KDE or....) I want it to be soooooo good that a commoner shoule be > > able to work with it with ease and feel safe and secure. > > > > So if someone could guide me about how to get started with contributing to > > FreeBSD it would be great. Please do reach out to me for more details if > > you need that is!!! > > Send me links that will get me started with FreeBSD I am all excited for > > this new journey to begin. > > > > > > -- > > Alwin Doss > > God's Beloved > Take a look at PC-BSD > http://www.pcbsd.org/ > Waitman Gobble Yes i think you might benefit initially from installing PC-BSD. It IS FreeBSD, but the creators have put a great deal of effort and hard work into making it easier to install and to provide an X environment that is already set up and configured for you to use. If you were to install FreeBSD there are a lot of configuration changes to be made and software to install to get the set-up I believe you're looking for. PC-BSD will take away that part of it for you and most likely make your experience of FreeBSD a lot less headache free. It's default desktop is KDE 4 i believe.