Installing FreeBSD

[Sam Pikesley]

A good jumping off point might be  
/usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation. It'll install a
nice selection of desktop stuff including X, KDE,
mozilla, CUPS, the linux compat stuff etc etc. (cd
/usr/ports; make search name=instant-workstation for
the full list)

;)

--- Andrew <andrew.hodgson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > 
> > What do I need to use Emacs, send and recieve
> Emails and browse the web?
> > I'm looking to make the simplest system I can.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I reckon the best way to go is to install the
> 'Minimal' configuration in 
> sysinstall, then use ftp or ports to install the
> packages you want. All the 
> dependancies will be taken care of.
> 
> And I suppose it depends what kind of emailing and
> browsing you're doing! If 
> you want text-based, then lynx for web browsing and
> pine or mutt for emails 
> would do.
> 
> The next thing is to install XFree86. Depending on
> your graphics card, you 
> will have to install either XFree86-3 or XFree86-4.
> If your distribution is 
> 4.5 or earlier, then XFree86-3 is installed by
> standard when you select the X 
> option in sysinstall, and XFree86-4 is available in
> the packages (or ports) - 
> if it's after 4.5, XFree86-4 is the default. 
> 
> Check the XFree86 website (www.xfree86.org) to see
> if your card is compatible 
> with 4, if it's not there, and your version of
> FreeBSD is 4.6 or later, you 
> should not select the X option in sysinstall, and
> install version 3 via the 
> sysinstall packages installer.
> 
> You can then run Galeon or Mozilla (or another web
> browser of choice) and a 
> graphical email client like Evolution, or install an
> integrated system like 
> KDE or GNOME. 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Andrew
> 
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