Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:34:41 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Dan H." <danh@nofx.eagle.ca> Cc: Dave Tkach <mex_connection@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20010327113441.A17199@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103271401370.4003-100000@nofx.eagle.ca>; from danh@nofx.eagle.ca on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:20:36PM -0500 References: <OE20aqbC8wSA1XvpFVj000030ee@hotmail.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103271401370.4003-100000@nofx.eagle.ca>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:20:36PM -0500, Dan H. wrote: > If you are used to Windows, it's more like DOS, than anything else. You > tell the computer what to do with your keyboard, instead of that lovely > mouse on your desk. Although, you can get X-Windows, which is sort of like > MS Windows. Well, I think you under-emphasized the use and utility of X a bit..most people use FreeBSD with the graphical interface, which can be installed from the FreeBSD installer. Choosing to install KDE or GNOME will give you a friendlier interface if you're new to UNIX, but ultimately UNIX is command-line driven, meaning it's easiest to get things done by typing commands at a prompt. Of course, you may never have to do this if all you want to do is play with your mouse and click things, but the command-line makes UNIX much more powerful than Windows (comparing it to DOS is not really fair). Kris --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6wOtRWry0BWjoQKURArsNAKDFZx7zaQN5VQcYAiN7o5sDYDPRBgCgtaDn DlLJJyink0yQOLuJkjtHDtU= =bFP5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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