Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:13:20 +0100 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> To: Khoi - San Zulu <khoi_san_x@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Thank you Message-ID: <200401221413.20170.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <20040122084420.97142.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040122084420.97142.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 22 January 2004 09:44, Khoi - San Zulu wrote: > Good day. > > I would like to extend to you, whomever you are, my > heartfelt gratitude for this operating system. > > I come from a poor community in the heart of South > Africa. I learned about computers and how they work, > using Microsoft operating systems. I have had no > experience with any other operating system besides > this. > > Windows NT, 2000 and XP. I was given a copy of FreeBSD > release 5.0 by a gentleman I happened to meet whom is > into the Unix Operating system. He gave me 2 CD-Rom > disks and 2 Stiffy disks. I have read your site, I > found it most informative. I installed the FreeBSD > Operating System onto a Pentium II computer. It worked > first time, Great!!!! I searched on Google for > commands and have found some..... > I searched your site, but my burning question is, How > do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I > did a Custom Installation following the directions of > the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I > want to learn everything. You should have XFree86 and KDE or Gnome installed. When you're done with= that=20 it's time to configure your video card. This can be done in 2 ways :=20 graphical or in text-mode by selecting your hardware from a list. The command to start the graphical configuration utility is : xf86cfg And the command to start the text-based configuration utility is : xf86config When you're done, make sure that you have the config-file that has been=20 generated in /etc/X11/XF86Config . Now when you type "kdm" you should get a graphical login-screen where you= can=20 login with your username and password. After logging in KDE should apear. > I am of the understanding that the Operating System > loves command line. I dont feel that I am at that > level yet to configure from the command line. An old > adage in South AFrica goes, work from what you know, > to what you don't know. I want to learn everything > about the Operating System. I see its Potential is > GREAT.... So much can be done for the people who > cannot afford old or new computers never mind the > licenses for the Other operating systems here like > Novell and Microsoft. I desperately want to learn > about this. I have come to an internet cafe to educate > myself further. My problem is that resources are > limited here regarding our access to Alternative > Operating Systems and equipment. The potential that > the discovery of this Operating System and what it > offers makes me salivate with happiness. I can make a > meal of this and do so many things within the > community along the lines of empowerment.... I have > heard about Linux, but have read from a few sources > that the FreeBSD Operating system is amongst the more > secure out there as well as that FreeBSD 5.0 has the > ability to emulate linux. So In my understanding I get > multiple Operating Systems, with Multiple capabilities > all roled into 1 ( well 2 disks!). > > Please help in this regard. If possible, please help > me with the commands or where I can find them!!! I > would appreciate this greatly!!!!!!!!!!!! First of all : Remember, Google is your friend :) With Google you can find a lot of shell introduction pages (searching for= =20 things like "shell script commands" or "learning shell scripts" ) A good example of a page that explains some basic shell commands can be f= ound=20 here : http://www.ii.uned.es/~apm/Doc/Shell1.html Good luck finding your way into FreeBSD ! grtz, Daan
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