From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 23 03:26:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA22495 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:26:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA22490 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup503.serv.net [207.207.70.68]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA02262; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:26:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980723032558.0082f420@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:25:58 -0700 To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" , Sue Blake From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: Disk space poll Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <19980723090356.20653@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:32 PM 7/22/98 -0700, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >I still want more room for FBSD! At least I have a subscription now that >I can more easily try many different packages without laborious >downloads :-) I tell you all, once you get yourself a CD set you'll >never go back. Do you have any idea how quickly packages get updated? Probably at the time v3.0 of FreeBSD is released, 95% of current packages will have been upgraded, and a large number of new ones added since 2.2.6. As of now, about 75% have been upgraded, and there are many new additions to 2.2.7. CD's get old faster than a mayfly. Personally, I'd rather have ISDN, ADSL or a cable modem to download FreeBSD... to me that would be 1000 times better than any CD :-) Unfortunately I'm still stuck with a 33.6k modem, and STILL downloading 2.2.7 (after about 12-16 hrs... currently updating package changes). -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message