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Hi all,

I am new to Freebsd tho, long time Linux/Windows user.

install software:
seems the way to to this is pkg_add -r software-name

system update:
still not sure? tho this is probly something really simple, seems more the
one way to do it.

main difference between packages and ports?


thanks in adavnce.


-Nex6