Doubts

[Scott Corey]

Thiago Silva Conceição wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed FreeBSD here, I have come from Linux so I am still 
> adaptating. I have some doubts:
> 
> - How often the ports collection get updated? Is it whenever a new 
> release is out or constantly?
Constantly
> 
> - How do I do to update all the applications I have installed? I did the 
> "make world" thing here but It seems it doesn't update things like 
> gnome, XFree, kde and so on, or maybe I'm wrong. Something like 'apt-get 
> upgrade' from Debian Linux.
If you have installed the ports , then try 
/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade, also look into
/usr/ports/net/cvsup and read 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html


> 
> - Is it possible to configure the console while in text mode to display 
> characters from other languages? I tried to configure the console font 
> and language through sysinstall but It didn't worked. My home language 
> is brazilian portuguese.

Yes, look at 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n.html

> 
> - There is an annoying thing on emacs. The backspace button doesn't work 
> as it usually do on other systems (erasing the last typed character). 
> How do I change this?

I don't do emacs, so I can't help you there.
> 
> Best regards,
> Thiago