FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms.[[http://freebsd.org]] This is only a brief crash course or introduction to a few of the import tasks in FreeBSD, mostly installing ports/packages, upgrading the system and navigating the file system. FreeBSD maintains an incredible wealth of documentation on their website, see their [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Handbook] for information. A great intro to FreeBSD can be found http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/article.html <box :!!!:> Please note that I come mostly from Linux, so I tend to setup FreeBSD in a manner that is similar to my Linux environment (ie, bash vs csh...). </box> > Each command in this topic starts with a # if it is meant to be run as the root user, or a $ (or no sign) if it is meant to be run as the regular user (your main user account)

FYI, new install of FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 with docs, src, ports,, (basic standard full install) ended up using 2.5g HD space. The new installer defaults entire drive to / slice, in fact the entire installer is quite different that previous versions, much easier it seems. portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap upgrade (after that just 'portsnap fetch update' to get latest ports) whereis portupgrade cd /usr/ports make quicksearch name=portupgrade cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade; mak...