From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 30 6:10:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.wmptl.com (mail2.wmptl.com [216.94.6.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3FB37B422 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:10:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.com ([10.0.0.168]) by mail2.wmptl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA72063; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:07:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <3AED63C9.ABF9A819@wmptl.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:08:25 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pwall Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (FreeBSD 4.2, or FreeBSD PowerPak?) Was: 'Hey.' References: <3AED7B2C.E44BBFF1@crosswinds.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG pwall wrote: > > I am interested in ordering FreeBSD. > I am just a unix student and I want to learn more about the > unix-like-systems. > I am truly confused over what I should order. > Should I order FreeBSD Power Pak 4.2 Or just FreeBSD 4.2. > What are the differences? > Your help will be deeply appreciated. > > -- > ------------- > Best Regards > Hexxeh > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message First off, may I suggest you re-post this message with a more appropriate subject than 'Hey.', maybe something like 'FreeBSD 4.2 or FreeBSD Power Pak: which/why?' You'll get a far greater response to email sent to this list when it is written well. Secondly, to answer you're question. The FreeBSD power pak, if I'm not mistaken is merely a bunch of tools, ports, etc for FreeBSD, whereas FreeBSD is the actual distribution. I do not personally know if the PowerPak has the distribution as well or not, that may be something to ask the list. I'd reccomend you look at 'The Complete FreeBSD', which is a book that has a copy of FreeBSD shipped with it. If your usage of the system is going to be solely a learning venture then perhaps a well-guided tour via a nice printed manual would be the way to go. Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://home.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message