confused FreeBSD entrant

Julian Stacey jhs at berklix.org
Wed Aug 22 15:00:11 PDT 2007 

Reference:
> From:		Sunnz <sunnzy at gmail.com> 
> Reply-to:	sunnzy+gnu at gmail.com 
> Date:		Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:04:40 +1000 
> Message-id:	<b35fa3120708220904j1f74d0c9kced34d257114de4d at mail.gmail.com> 

Sunnz wrote:
> It seems like you have a huge misunderstanding of what an OS is.
> 
> What are you trying to do? You said you are "opening up a small VoIP
> project", so do you know what specific program that you need for your
> project?

Also, "yahya wafula" <yawafula at hotmail.com>, a better mail list to ask
newcomer questions is
	freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
	http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/freebsd-questions.html
whereas this list 
	freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
is for use of those planning advocacy campaigns, strategy , media etc.
Here's a list of mail lists
	http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/

I suggest a good Long browse starting at top of
	http://www.freebsd.org/
which should at least tell you what FreeBSD is.

Oh & 	http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html

> 
> 2007/8/23, yahya wafula <yawafula at hotmail.com>:
> >
> >    Hallo FreeBSD-Advocacy,
> >    i write to you this mail hoping i find a solution on how i can use
> >    this program which i've heard many individuals saying it has no
> >    competitor on the market. well, sometime ago, i designed a plan to
> >    open up a small VoIP project and i contacted one Interxchange company
> >    who told me that i'd to install FreeBSD OS. without wasting time, i
> >    downloaded the latest FreeBSD 6.2-i386. i even went to much extent by
> >    ordering some two CDs from UK but then the major catastrophe faced me
> >    on how the program works. after installation and also making a user
> >    account i logged in but there was a message telling me to check for
> >    newer errata files. i'm confused because first i can't see a desktop
> >    despite me seeing how the desktop looks like at
> >    [1]http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
> >
> >    what should i do and why are this endless errata messages coming my
> >    way? how am i going to be able to see the desktop and work with the
> >    program? how am i going to be able to install any other program on my
> >    pc? do u've any solution to all these obstacles?
> >
> >    thanks alot with regards.
> >    confused FreeBSD entrant
> >
> >    YAHYA WAFULA OJWANG
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> >      Date:  Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:06:27 +0000
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> > References
> >
> >    1. http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
> >    2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBEN/2734??PS=47575
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