From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 19 4:26:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0EAE37B401 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 04:26:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5622F43E42 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 04:26:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id g9JBQdd06566; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:26:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200210191126.g9JBQdd06566@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: UNIX operating system To: klapaugh@hotmail.com (Karen LaPaugh) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:26:38 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Karen LaPaugh" at Oct 19, 2002 12:18:12 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Are there any limitations to this system? How much does it usually cost an > individual? > It is really free - except you have to buy your own computer. You can buy distribution sets which is nice and convenient, especially if you don't have a CD burner, but you don't have to. For starters, go to the FreeBSD web page at: HTTP://www.freebsd.org/ and click on the 'For Newbies' item in the menu on the left of the page. It will point you to lots of useful/helpful information. As for limitations, it still does not unbox our new machines and install itself on them without my intervention. The initial learning curve is rather steep if you do not have UNIX, especially BSD system management experience. But, that settles down to SOP after a bit. Have fun, ////jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message