Re: UNIX Newbie seeking help

["Martin P. Hellwig" <mhellwig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm fairly new to the *nix world but would like to try my hand at 
> setting up a stand alone unix box with KDE desktop support. I would also 
> like to take a stab at programming and have been searching for languages 
> to learn. I was hoping to find something extremely powerful but easy to 
> learn and have ran into Walter Bright's D Programming Language 
> (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/) and its GCC port 
> (http://home.earthlink.net/~dvdfrdmn/d/). Seems to be able to do the trick.
>
> What does all this have to do with you? Well, I was hoping someone would 
> point me in the right direction of how to setup DFBSD so that I can 
> connect to the internet, and download the KDE desktop and how to the GCC 
> version of D. Additionally, I was hoping for some guidance of the best 
> way to set up my box I can experience the power of unix with a GUI 
> safety net just in case I loose my way.
>
> Thanks for your understanding and support.
> Andrew

I see that you are in the seek of the ultimate handbook!
Luckily DragonFly can provide one :-)
http://www.forknibbler.com/handbook/

Have Fun!

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