From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 17:42:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1807E106564A for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:42:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor1.peak.org (redcondor1.peak.org [69.59.192.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19628FC13 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:42:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from peak-mail-gateway.peak.org ([69.59.192.41]) by redcondor1.peak.org ({e03e86cd-14ae-47ce-9578-3c080ce9c462}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20110213174231475 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:42:31 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from oak.localnet (207.55.91.159.peak.org [207.55.91.159] (may be forged)) by peak-mail-gateway.peak.org (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id p1DHgV0p064126 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id B187DC46E for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p1DHgU50078290; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:30 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Odhiambo Washington's message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:12:05 +0300") Message-ID: <87k4h3esqh.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:42:32 -0000 Odhiambo Washington writes: > My question is: WHY need 7 DVDs??? DVDs?? Even M$ does not do such a crazy > thing with its bloat-ware!! FreeBSD ships 1 DVD. > What is it that this Debian GNU/kFreeBSD ships in those 7 DVDs? They contain all packages for that architecture. They are the equivalent of the binary packages for the entire FreeBSD ports tree. You don't need them if you install over the net. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org