From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 29 23:54:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E124F1065672 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB7B8FC17 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1TNs1pQ037812; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:01 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.4.4 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m1TNs1pQ037812 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dkim=hardfail (SSP) header.i=unknown Message-ID: <47C89B18.8010803@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:00 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gregoryd.freebsd@free.fr References: <1204151575.84335.3.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <1204310983.47c853c70577d@imp.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <1204310983.47c853c70577d@imp.free.fr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:01 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6047/Fri Feb 29 18:51:13 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:54:08 -0000 gregoryd.freebsd@free.fr wrote: >> On behalf of the FreeBSD Project thanks for your interest in FreeBSD. >> We hope you enjoy the new release. > > I've just spent the whole morning installing it on my office desktop. > > It was an awful experience: installing packages from the three CDs kept making > me switch from one CD to the other then to the previous one before the next one > again... > All in all about twenty-times !!! (sometimes just for ONE package, for Christ's > sake !) > It was particularly annoying, especially with those Linux guys around sneering > when comparing it to their smooth install. People in the know, and those with reasonable network bandwidth, generally use either the 'boot only' or just the 'disk 1' CDs to install a pretty minimal system, and then install packages, run cvsup, use freebsd updates etc. from the net. It's a whole lot smoother than juggling CDs. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW