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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Thinking of installing FreeBSD. Date: 7 Aug 1996 15:06:03 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4ua7sb$ft@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4tpe9l$doi@news8.erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] kombat@pop.erols.com wrote: : I am used to DOS and Win95, I am now looking to up to the world of unix : and FreeBSD. I have some questions. What is (exactly) a shell accout? I : have an ISP now with SLIP/PPP will this be able to work with a shell : accout. Is it hard to post your own web page and Ftp site? Where can I : get this information? Is IRC an easy thing to get started. Thanks for : your help , -Tom A shell account is an account where you get a shell after logging in. A shell is a unix command interpreter (like command.com). If your ISP supports SLIP/PPP, FreeBSD will have no problems. Have a look in this usenet group, I posted my config files the other day. As far as posting your own stuff, it's easy. You don't have a GUI front end (unless you use netscape or the like), but if you're happy using ftp, it'll do the trick. IRC should be no problem, but I havn't mucked around with this (yet). As far as finding the info, there's online documentation (/usr/share/doc), but if you don't know unix at all (what's a shell account) I'd suggest getting some books - Unix for dummies or the like - and finding out the basics. Remember, you can do everything with FreeBSD, and you can do it properly. It's just not as polished as Win95 or OS/2 etc. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....