From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 24 12:30:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA17742 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA17734 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:30:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA26601; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:30:18 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199701242030.OAA26601@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie... To: matra@diemme.it (matra) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:30:18 -0600 (CST) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from matra at "Jan 22, 97 07:36:34 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, matra said: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, matra wrote: > > > > > Under Linux i have only to patch the kernel and recompile! Why have i to > > > install and recompile everyting ?!.. > > > > [soapbox on] > > Because we do not do things the way Linux does. FreeBSD is composed of > > highly organized RELEASES. One kernel version, one set of binaries, one > > published install set. Not ten. When you get the FreeBSD CDROM, you can > > say, "This IS FreeBSD," not, "This is xyz's mishmash of FreeBSD." > > So have i to buy EVERY Walnut Creek CD to have a current and not obsolete > FreeBSD box ?! Nope. You can easily ftp from ftp.freebsd.org or dozens of mirror sites. > My linux box has a 197mb /usr/src directory . Every time a new > program/kernel etc/etc was announced ,i just ftp it . Why have i to wait > WC's cds to have the newest system ? You don't. Currently, on freebsd.org you can get 2.1.5, 2.1.6.1, 2.2 Beta, 3.0-current. And I'm sure others. Some of us just like the security of having a CD. > > > > Hope this helps you understand our way of doing things. :-) > > Yes , i understand . IMHO FreeBSD is too "Walnut Creek CD" oriented . > I ran Linux for over 2 years buying only the first Slackware and upgrading > my system from the net , every time i wanted . You could easily do this with FreeBSD and sup. > I hope that isn't a commercial alliance ... > > So i have to buy every WC's dists to stay "tuned" on FreeBSD!It is not a > money affair for me ;The fact is that i HATE "mirrors" of other systems > on my computer .I want to create my OWN dist. You hate having other people having what you have on your machine? Strange. > If u are right , i cannot do it . > > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > > > > > > -- Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left... right?