From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Nov 20 13:27:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20813 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:27:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from b.mx.crl.com (bmx.crl.com [165.113.1.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20804 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:27:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anarchy@crl.com) Received: from crl.crl.com (crl.com [165.113.1.12]) by b.mx.crl.com (8.8.7/) via SMTP id NAA00198; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:26:33 -0800 (PST) env-from (anarchy@crl.com) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:26:32 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Manes To: Domino9033@aol.com cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ??????????????????/ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > i serouserl do not understand your directions on getting free bsd and dont > know where to dl it and still dont know where to get the support for it Its quite easy. To download it, merely go to ftp.cdrom.com, and look under freebsd. I haven't been there for a while, so its probably under /pub/freebsd. Grab the latest stable release. I believe that's v3.0, but I heard v2.2.8 is coming out, so I'm confused right there. v3.0 might be a stable release for developers and the like, not yet ready for prime-time. Remember, though, downloading isn't great off of a 28.8, tiring even over isdn. The best option, IMHO, is to buy the cd. Now, there's a few ways to do this. You can buy the walnut creek's set, which has the cds and the Complete FreeBSD (supposedly a great book), or you can grab just the cds cheaply at cheapbits.com. There, its just a few dollars. I recomend having a book.. I'm trying without one, and its a pain. I'm waiting for a new version of the Complete FreeBSD, since fbsd v3.0 is supposed to be a major change. There was a online-freebsd book being written, but I lost the url a while back. Its probably out of developement by now, and you can read it on their page for free, I expect. Otherwise, the only other free source for books is mcp.com. However, they give you access to old releases, and have just Linux or straight UNIX books, no fbsds. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message