Ivan, Yes, you are a newbie as many of us are (including myself ;). You have already gotten some pretty good responses pointing you in the right direction to correctly set up a graphical desktop, such as the ones you saw in the screenshots. However, what the responses have not mentioned, and I think this is extremely important for newbies to understand, is that FreeBSD is mainly a command line (CLI) driven operating system. Although, many people ause it as a desktop (graphical) system, you will need to do a good deal of researching and reading before a lot of the concepts and capabilites to set this up become entirely clear to you.
I guess what really caught my eye in your post was "I feel the hope is dripping into the sink!". This is OKAY! I can't imagine anyone on this list not having the same exact feeling when they first installed FreeBSD for the first time...I know I did! Just remember that it will all come in time - you just have to be willing to spare it. As most people on this list will reply with (I notice some already have), the FreeBSD handbook<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html>is the best place to start. Although the FreeBSD operating system isn't covered inside and out, its really a fantastic overall peice of documentation, especially considering the lack of "good" documentation found in many Open Source projects. Anyway, good luck and don't get discouraged! And please, whatever you do, stay away from the penguin! ;) -David On 4/9/06, infernus - Bluelight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. > I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but > on my comp, > the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: > ________________ > $| > > --------------------- > I just tested some commands on random, and found that "info" show some > kind of list with information on each "something".. > > How do I enter some kind of interface, or desktop, like on the > screenshots? > Is there a web-site or enything with tutorials explaining how to do all > this.. > > I was thinking about setting up a FTP and Apache server +mail maybe.. > But now when I see this black screen and don't have a clue on what to > do, or how to do enything.. > I feel the hope is dripping into the sink! > > Please help me somehow, with tutorials and important information for > starters.. > > > Thanks a lot.. Ivan S. - Norway > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
