From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 16 19:47:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0287C14C31 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:47:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from podgod@earthlink.net) Received: from johnmiwa (sdn-ar-002txsantP329.dialsprint.net [168.191.178.235]) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA16006 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:47:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <000701be703a$e20d7760$ebb2bfa8@johnmiwa> From: "John" To: Subject: Definitely a newbie... Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:56:17 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I currently have a PII 266 with Win95 and Solaris 2.6. Solaris is not = quite what I expected and would like to switch to freeBSD to learn more = about Unix. I have three questions: 1.) How do I get rid of the Sun boot manager that comes up every time I = turn on the machine? 2.) Will freeBSD run all the popular software that Linux runs? = Netscape, WordPerfect, and the like? I say linux because most of the = software is cheap! 3.) Is freeBSD a good flavor of Unix for a new computer science student = to use on a home computer to learn about Unix and networking? I don't know, maybe these questions are in someones FAQ but I have not = found them? Thank you for any help you can offer...John. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I currently have a PII 266 with Win95 and = Solaris=20 2.6. Solaris is not quite what I expected and would like to switch = to=20 freeBSD to learn more about Unix. I have three = questions:

1.) How do I get rid of the Sun boot = manager that=20 comes up every time I turn on the machine?

2.) Will freeBSD run all the popular = software=20 that Linux runs? Netscape, WordPerfect, and the like? I say = linux=20 because most of the software is cheap!

3.) Is freeBSD a good flavor of Unix = for a new=20 computer science student to use on a home computer to learn about Unix = and=20 networking?

I don't know, maybe these questions are in = someones FAQ=20 but I have not found them? Thank you for any help you can=20 offer...John.

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