Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:56:03 -0800 From: "Sebhat_Tenna" <stenna@foxinternet.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Very New User.... Message-ID: <B0008562770@mailsite.foxinternet.net>
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I am 17 and have been a Windows user since I started to use PCs 1 1/2 years ago. I have never used UNIX. I have taught myself Java programming for 3 or so months, and I am learning C++ now. I just ordered FreeBSD 3.4 Power Pack. My questions are: 1)Does it take a computer scientist to install it? 2)What are the major benefits of UNIX over Windows NT? 3)I hear UNIX is open source. What does this mean? Can I change my operating system? Is my operating system one big application to be tinkered with? 4)Can I get software for UNIX for a reasonable price(word processors, editors, compilers, etc...)? I mean, do many people use UNIX? If so, who? 5)I hear UNIX has a big following with crackers and hackers. I don't want to be a hacker or anything, but they are the ones that seem to know the most. Can I be part of their group to learn about UNIX and programming with out being dubbed a hacker and end up on the eleven o'clock news? Will they receive me with open arms or shun me? thanks allot showing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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