i have freebsd running gnome and i have cvsup installed so i can do the updates. I know NOTHING about bsd and little about linux. I would like to know how to update it so i can have the latest security patches and updates from there server. Can somebody please help me.

thankyou

Well, as a newbie (have no fear, we all were that, too) you need to read a little, and then ask for help. So, start by reading through this handbook. You will find the answer to the updating questions you asked.

HTH.

Cheers--
Charles

When I was trying out FreeBSD 5.4 I wrote a small textfile with stuff of how to do it in FreeBSD. Here is the part of it for updating :

How do I keep my system up to date?
===================================

The ports collection (FreeBSD's package management system) is
installed into /usr/ports by ServePath. The first thing to do is
to make sure that the latest patch sets have been installed.

# cd /usr/ports
# cd sysutils/portmanager && make all install && cd /usr/ports
# cd sysutils/portsnap && make all install && cd
/usr/local/etc
# mv portsnap.conf.sample portsnap.conf && cd /usr/local/sbin
# ./portsnap fetch && ./portsnap extract

The above commands will install two programs, portmanager, and
portsnap. These programs update the installed applications and
uninstalled sources, respectively. These two programs work
together in keeping FreeBSD up to date.

In order to apply the updated patch sets, execute the below:

# /usr/local/sbin/portsnap fetch
# /usr/local/sbin/portsnap update

In order to upgrade the installed applications, execute:

# /usr/local/sbin/portmanager -u

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http://users.skynet.be/six/gpure/tech/freebsd.txt

PS: it's true that you can find a lot of info in the freebsd handbook as well. But I mostly had to find stuff trough google

grtz,

gunnix

If you are running gnome 2.10 don't upgrade to gnome 2.12 using ports, use the upgrade instructions that are available here.

Read the CVSup section of the handbook for everything you need to know to get started.