From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 25 08:23:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA18333 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:23:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA18301 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:23:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA13735; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:19:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:19:40 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199811251619.IAA13735@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net, vj2786x@mbox4.singnet.com.sg Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199811250308.VAA26788@n4hhe.ampr.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: David Kelly >Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:08:45 -0600 >Sun has a promo where for home or educational use you can purchase a >copy of Solaris 2.6.0 for $10 (was over $18 by the time they added >shipping and taxes). This is a very good deal, if for nothing else but >the printed documentation. Haven't installed mine but am told it lacks a >compiler. :-( Solaris 2.x, as shipped by Sun, does lack a compiler. In addition to other Net locations from which to obtain a compiler (that were already mentioned by others), I tend to use sunsite.unc.edu. (However, I've only picked up SPARC packages there; I have no x86 machines at home.) david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message