Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 06:09:36 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Ben Salem <jsalem@fn.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wich distribution am I suppose to install? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980625060746.489B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <000701bda023$3cb77f00$2b05f7c6@compunaut>
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Ben Salem wrote: >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? It really depends on what you want to do. Only you can figure this out. You have already discussed all the reasons for choosing different distributions. I recommend using the X Developer distribution. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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