New to FreeBSD

[Ivan Zenzerović]

Hi guys,

i managed to install it, and, in fact I'm working on it right now. It's
great, just tell me, I should compile my kernel at this point? And a
question: I don't like this xorg, and I have installed KDE but how do I run
KDE?

Thanks,
Ivan

On 3/27/07, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:09:52PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote:
>
> > Hi to all.
> >
> > My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in
> > Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I
> > plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered
> > if it is ok to start with this.
>
>
> It is OK, but I would encourage you to download the latest RELEASE
> to start with and that currently is FreeBSD 6.2.   It is better than 5.5.
>
> But, you can get 5.5 to work if that is what you wish.
>
> >      And, also, I have an integrated GPU,
> > it works well on FreeBSD?
>
> Do you mean one that is built in to the motherboard?
> There is a list of supported hardware in each RELEASE section
> on the FreeBSD web site.   That is the place to look first.
> Some NICs and other controllers that are int4egrated on the
> motherboard do not work well, but I don't know which ones.
> You might have to get more specific with the chip identification and such.
>
> ////jerry
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ivan
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