From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 17:34:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FBB6106564A for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 17:34:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C688FC1C for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 17:34:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so357556fxm.13 for ; Tue, 03 May 2011 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nqOaTg05q77NNH5wqu9bmfgqLRYxlQfiTN2zNYTvCx0=; b=Sy1YMB3O/wxTbeNO7DzwF6h6UxKA1aRdGTwbyI88vWPJyn33NRIFteDIA+fwTjILiW HRR9wbfNR5/ya4K+3RtQ83LQM79T3jhfs/x3jleMVSkUdlLotWj+lDDlmmse7ou6dGRF bV0gwr0jx9GWbJL4aq7M3nhFxz+2mOBW4WaQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=P+JF6f7fhXzR6vAj1hP+kfrapztrEq6dOt9XYlVInfH0K9dxd4Q9BgMy2RTrPcOh0J SnKoBdwmU9RPwnIgd4/u24+FeqqkZ9NKlSyvNEpDr7NgET/tN2LzMrPMHgWKgzn5Repc /csJJS8r6/nUhIPC/2RYaYFwa9e8SqaNl2K+Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.55.78 with SMTP id t14mr134152fag.43.1304444068791; Tue, 03 May 2011 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.5 with HTTP; Tue, 3 May 2011 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <000001cc091a$e041f380$a0c5da80$@com> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:34:28 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Chris Hill Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Louis Marrero , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix basics (was Re: For My Edification) 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: Tue, 03 May 2011 17:34:30 -0000 On 2 May 2011 19:37, Chris Hill wrote: > On Mon, 2 May 2011, Louis Marrero wrote: >> Being familiar only with general knowledge on the Windows XP that I use >> daily, I've gone on the web to find out more information on some of the >> terms used by this programmer, such as "BSD", "shell terminal", "nc -u", >> etc. =A0Since my friend knows that my computer is strictly MS Windows, w= hen my >> friend writes down something like "In a shell terminal type nc -u >> 10.101.97.200 5555." it makes me wonder what I'm missing. > > When he says "shell terminal", think "command prompt". nc is netcat, but = I > didn't know Windows had that. In your friend's defense, I use Windows eve= ry > day (at work) and I can't always remember what things are called. Especia= lly > since MS changes terminology every now and then, evidently just for the h= ell > of it. > >> 1. =A0I know that Windows is an OS, and Linux/Unix as well as FreeBSD ar= e >> other Operating System. =A0My very basic question is this: Is it even po= ssible >> to install a second OS, like FreeBSD on an existing Windows-based comput= er? > > Yes. You can either set it up for dual boot - either by adding a second h= ard > drive, or by partitioning your existing drive if there's space - or you c= an > run another OS within a virtual machine of some sort. The latter would ne= ed > a pretty fast machine if the guest OS is to have decent performance. > > Having said that, I found it easier to get started using an old PC that w= as > too slow to run a modern Windows, but perfectly fine for a GUI-free BSD. = I'm > typing this on an old Dell that I bought on ebay. > Another possibility is to install cygwin ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ) which will give you a rather goodly number of unix/gnu programs, though they have the unfortunate habit of defaulting to bash, and if you install a compiler and some basic build tools a nigh-unto infinite number of programs become available. That said, buying an older, cheap machine to install FreeBSD on is probably the easiest. And who doesn't enjoy buying more stuff? >> 2. =A0Is it possible to link my Windows laptop to a web server with Unix= or >> FreeBSD and exercise Unix/Linux commands. =A0If so, how is that done? > > The server's admin would have to give you a shell account. Most commercia= l > ISPs won't do that, but maybe your friend will. > With PuTTY, you can connect to any unix/linux/bsd machine with sshd enabled (though you need an account on that machine to actually log in). ( http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ) X forwarding onto a windows machine ( http://www.math.umn.edu/systems_guide/putty_xwin32.html ) may be best reserved for the 201 course. --=20 --