Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:07:40 -0700 From: Fred C <fred@bsdhost.net> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not a DVD iso version too? Message-ID: <496A7D3E-B355-4F7A-B1ED-7994000708E1@bsdhost.net> In-Reply-To: <20080316181725.GA4474@orion.hexidigital.org> References: <47DD5A7E.7000801@gmail.com> <20080316181725.GA4474@orion.hexidigital.org>
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Same for me I have never uploaded the CD2 and 3. Ok, maybe once long time ago when I was young and the FreeBSD version was 4.xx. I install the os from the CD1 and then I install everything I need from ports. -fred- On Mar 16, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > Miguel Mayol i Tur said: >> I do like to try free OSs and distributions >> Why not a DVD version at bittorent and or at the FTP? >> I cannot understand why not on these days. > > I personally cannot understand everyone's fascination with a DVD > installer. If everyone is so intent on using the "latest and > greatest", > why do they want to install packages from the CD (or DVD), rather than > using ports? > > Bandwidth, to me, is no excuse, because it takes less bandwidth to > download the ports tree + source code than it does to download a 4GB > DVD. > > Either way, there is a DVD available at freebsdmall. > > -- > Glen Barber > (570)328-0318 > http://www.dev-urandom.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > -- Fred C! PGP-KeyID: E7EA02EC3B487EE9 PGP-FingerPrint: A906101E2CCDBB18D7BD09AEE7EA02EC3B487EE9
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