Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 05:57:32 +0200 From: "Michael Nottebrock" <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com>, <MrK1nt@aol.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <002b01c0bd84$8b8732c0$0508a8c0@lofi.dyndns.org> References: <32.12f954b8.27fcda96@aol.com> <3ACB8639.38D08B29@acuson.com>
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> I can get it up and running, and connected to the net, without using any > ports. If you're looking for a desktop system, it will be kind of sparse > and boring, but if you just want a server, then it will be sufficient. > > The complete FreeBSD without ports comes with a shell, a compiler, a > text editor, a bare-bones GUI, a plethora of networking tools, etc. > > To this mix, I would add (my own personal preference) kde2.1, cvsup, and > ghostscript. If you plan to do development, then get kdevelop2 or xemacs > as an ide, autoconf, automake, and gmake. For word processing and stuff, > get Staroffice. For painting and image processing get gimp. For playing > audio get xmms. It's up to you. And, especially if one is used to Linux, a bash, which is the almost the first thing I do on any fresh BSD box - compile myself a bash from the ports collection and make it my default shell. :) Greetings, Michael Nottebrock To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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