From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 08:26:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A94106566B for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:26:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp1.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8928FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:26:46 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=RdJK+3M1i+XwzfW2MV68c28t6Ch3YKdlhdoD4NilP7w= c=1 sm=0 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=v-jSY8FYUwO_ATZMCzwA:9 a=AcdsImxJPJ9Yo6Ye3TGm+Q==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.34.76 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.34.76] ([74.134.34.76:44030] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id EF/5D-07499-5CC31705; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:26:45 -0400 Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:26:45 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: alwin doss Subject: Re: New User to FreeBSD 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: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:26:47 -0000 > Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other > than linux with enthusiasm. > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such > complex family of distributions which are so different from each other". > Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fell in love with it, but yes I have > never used it yet, I have tried many times to install it, but the > installation process is really hard, I must say. > I really want to install it on my laptop and all my systems. > Added to the above interests of mine, I am a C++ and java developer. I want > to use this talent that God's has blessed me with in this community. > I want to begin with FreeBSD's very own GUI. Not depending on anyone > (Gnome, KDE or....) I want it to be soooooo good that a commoner shoule be > able to work with it with ease and feel safe and secure. > So if someone could guide me about how to get started with contributing to > FreeBSD it would be great. Please do reach out to me for more details if > you need that is!!! > Send me links that will get me started with FreeBSD I am all excited for > this new journey to begin. > Alwin Doss > God's Beloved I don't think there is any such thing as "FreeBSD's very own GUI". FreeBSD's GUI is X Window System, but this is Unix's main GUI, which is also used by other (quasi-)Unixes including Linux. You can look through the FreeBSD Handbook online, even download it. You can find useful links from www.freebsd.org . Does anybody know about live USBs/CDs/DVDs for FreeBSD? Tom