From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 25 03:23:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA06418 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 03:23:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wichita.fn.net (root@ns1.feist.com [198.247.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA06398 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 03:23:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jsalem@fn.net) Received: from compunaut (s@fsict-tc1-43.feist.com [198.247.5.43]) by wichita.fn.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA11855 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 05:23:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <000701bda023$3cb77f00$2b05f7c6@compunaut> From: "Ben Salem" To: Subject: Wich distribution am I suppose to install? Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 05:22:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have heard many different suggestions on wich distribution to install. = Some say X-User, because I can always add on later. Others say = Everything, if I have the space (966mb in /usr). And others still say = no to that, becuase of the amount of space that the source code takes up = (I don't nessecarily wan't that). So I suppose what I am asking is, = first of all, wich distribution would you recommend for a new FreeBSD = user who wants to use the internet, Telnet Daemon, FTP Daemon, WWW = Server, Programming, Text Editors, Games, X-Windows, and most of the = other common things, but doesn't want the source code, and 966mb at my = disposal?=20 Sorry if this seems kind of lengthy, but I am pretty confused, please = help me out. Thanks, Ben Salem Please reply to: (Ben402@juno.com) ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have heard many different = suggestions on wich=20 distribution to install. Some say X-User, because I can always add = on=20 later. Others say Everything, if I have the space (966mb in = /usr). =20 And others still say no to that, becuase of the amount of space that the = source=20 code takes up (I don't nessecarily wan't that). So I suppose what = I am=20 asking is, first of all, wich distribution would you recommend for a new = FreeBSD=20 user who wants to use the internet, Telnet Daemon, FTP Daemon, WWW = Server,=20 Programming, Text Editors, Games, X-Windows, and most of the other = common=20 things, but doesn't want the source code, and 966mb at my=20 disposal?

Sorry if this seems kind of lengthy, = but I am=20 pretty confused, please help me out.

Thanks,

Ben Salem

Please reply to:=20 (Ben402@juno.com)

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