From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 21:35:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7420116A4BF for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:35:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A36543FF3 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:35:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco.biz ([69.27.131.146]) by smtp.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:26:23 -0500 Message-ID: <3F7BAAC9.2020107@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:34:17 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030920 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SoloCDM , "FreeBSD-Questions (Request)" References: <200310012305.46092.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Oct 2003 04:26:24.0200 (UTC) FILETIME=[56AE1C80:01C3889D] Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 04:35:04 -0000 SoloCDM wrote: >Is there FreeBSD ISOs with all the packages included. > >I'm tired of waiting for RPMs, when they are usually first made into >tarballs. Would a person prefer Slackware, RedHat (good installation >package, but they complicate matters with RPMS and don't conform to >the same directories as tarballs), or FreeBSD? > >I noticed a lot of ISPs use FreeBSD. Is it more widely accepted as >the best up-to-date in packages? > >Does FreeBSD conform to the directories that tarballs prefer? > This is where the ports system shines. Every ports patches the Makefile to the BSD layout. If you decide to run FBSD, you may have to get used to having a few things in some other place than Linux, but your system will always know where they are. You really should read about it. Installing PHP/MySQL./Apache, for example: $cd /usr/ports/lang/php4 $make install clean Now this port in particular drags up a dialog box asking for your PHP configure options. You select support for "Mysql", or "MSSQL" (whatever), GD, YAZ, mcrypt, whatever you want. Punch the OK button, and the thing downloads the appropriate tarballs, unpacks 'em all and installs them in the correct order in the right places. When it's finished, it's installed. And, the ports are constantly being updated. And then there's 'portupgrade.' Apache released a new version? Phython a new point release? Maybe Gnome or KDE or Fluxbox has new code. Portupgrade fetches and install all new ports (with dependencies) automagically, and remove all the old stale stuff. I may sound like a used car salesman, but I've got no agenda here. I just think FBSD is pretty cool. Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.