New to FreeBSD/UNIX

[Jeff Rollin]

On 18/09/06, Edward and Nancy Powers <ednan171 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>    I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to
>    run commands and become familiar with the system.  I wish to use this
>    system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I
>    do not want to replace Windows at this time.
>
>    My PC has:  Pentium III Processor at 1GHz, 128MB RAM at 133 MHz,
>    Windows ME operating system.
>
>    What course of action do you recommend that I take?
>
>    Thanks.
>    Ed Powers
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Probably the best thing to do first is to find out which version of UNIX is
covered on the DVD; there are many "dialects," and if you choose the wrong
one (i.e. one which is too different from the one on the DVD) you may become
lost.


Jeff Rollin