Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:24:38 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: "Teesdale, Andy" <aateesdale@post.gjmelec.org.za>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Please Message-ID: <00030311320902.58868@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000303101647.007b8100@168.89.6.199> References: <3.0.6.32.20000303101647.007b8100@168.89.6.199>
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On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Teesdale, Andy wrote: > >I have been introduced to Linux but I am not to sure if this is the way to > >go. I came across an article in Computing SA on FreeBSD and this caught > >my attention. I have tried to download the software using MS Internet > >Explorer but get an error message when trying to connect to the ftp site. > >I asked a college to try using Netscape and he could connect but was > >confused when he saw the list of downloads. > > > >I have tried to contact the Hostmaster in South Africa but the mesage was > >returned by the server. Hello Andy. First off, if you're going after FreeBSD for game play, then forget it. Stick to Linux. That was just to save you a lot of time, effort and grief. If you have other reasons, then the place to start is by going to the FreeBSD website and doing a little reading before trying to install anything. These two links should get you off to a good start: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html I myself did not know a thing about Linux or *nix os's when I started a few months ago, but between the documention and all the wonderful people on this mailing list there is very little that I have not been able to achieve. Welcome to FreeBSD, and good luck! -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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