Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 07:44:08 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New user - Many questions Message-ID: <20020528074408.A50180@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <02052621092800.10268@saxon>; from simon.windsor@btinternet.com on Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:09:28PM %2B0100 References: <0205261131090Q.00997@saxon> <20020527074200.A46094@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <02052621092800.10268@saxon>
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On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:09:28PM +0100, Simon Windsor wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Sunday 26 May 2002 8:42 pm, you wrote:
> > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:31:09AM +0100, Simon Windsor wrote:
> > > - Why is the base system so big ? I here that perl is being removed,
> > > shouldn't sendmail,bind/named also be removed to packages ?
> >
> > The base system has everything needed for a full *working* system, and
> > only weighs in about 200Mb. How big did you expect it go be?
>
> A basic UNIX install of 200MB is indeed very good. I merely was asking should
> not many of the basic utilities be installed as packages, like Linux, for
> example do you want sendmail, exim or no mail server etc.
Everything in the base system is required for a working system.
Replacements can be added via the ports, similarly for other 3rd party
applications.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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