From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 27 00:10:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8E54B56 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com (mail-ie0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B83A28D0 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id x13so10585347ief.38 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:10:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gLcOWqlfXGkq+//xPwCOrDpwRSAw8zr5y7wnUczmkiU=; b=pQjJCkX2orvGXscXNjW8DYUQCU4hyMtKQ9BVKtY4v7ByK7ugF08jHkQGXM5UrK6R9D SQ2JtSku85IbUf3Lcaz7XnhJbvIORqr81cK1/xbyiH56r3oVk5gU5429w0Lj2+Uqs31h wr+SoMzEsHJfTzAvsfcbJxwjjf4/3Wrr4KZDnIQwTQ9FCudT1kEJzCx8BkmC4CbFc9gU swEuzFzDpRD2sGvcBWh4Lj8Zo3yTDpDqfLNkZZxoKOplXoWfJpK1NbEVG6ujm38bu1Cv dEx2WTA/arPTOlSvDQzCIyHWzEzFqoFI5YjVZlkfjOcM7Ps+FvfOr1B65zC62nZy3i2S qCfg== X-Received: by 10.50.136.200 with SMTP id qc8mr19123855igb.52.1385511034725; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:10:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from sigma.local (adsl-99-112-42-36.dsl.stl2mo.sbcglobal.net. [99.112.42.36]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id da14sm35254202igc.1.2013.11.26.16.10.33 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:10:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52953879.4060802@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:10:33 -0600 From: Kevin Zheng User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello, I am new in the list References: <20131120133902.51d3333271511ce9601de559@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20131120133902.51d3333271511ce9601de559@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:10:35 -0000 Hi Daniel, Sorry for the delayed response; welcome to the list! Since the introduction of pkgng, long compile times should no longer be a problem, even on slower computers. You can set up one machine as a build system, and install the packages on other computers. You can even try out the official package repositories. That said, building from source still has many advantages. I'm excited that you'll be introducing FreeBSD in the classroom! As always, if you have any questions, there are several mailing lists and channels on IRC (and don't forget the handbook!). Good luck, Kevin Zheng