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Old 9th March 2009
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I'm REALLY dumb when it comes to linux.
BSD is not Linux.

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Does it go right to the shell?
Yes.

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What do I type to get to the user interface?
By "user interface", do you mean Graphical User Interface (GUI)?
- option 1 : type startx or xinit if, and only if, you already installed and configured an X window system server like Xorg and a desktop environment like KDE or GNOME (or just a window manager like Fluxbox).
- option 2 : install all the above and configure a display manager like XDM, GDM, ... to log you in and execute your window manager automatically.



Check your hardware compatibility with FreeBSD on the official site: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/hardware.html



The FreeBSD handbook is the best source of information: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/do...ooks/handbook/
You can also get many other books and articles: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/
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