From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 23:12:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B8416A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:12:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE2F43D49 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:12:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k19NC6R4044660; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:12:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <43EBCC45.2020801@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:12:05 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dinosaur References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Question of Interest X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:12:08 -0000 Dinosaur wrote: > Hello! > > Just a question of interest: > How have you packed so much software to just two CDs? No one seems to be jumping on this one. While I can take no credit myself for this feat (and bow down humbly to those who can), I'll take a stab at a short answer: * standardized, interchangeable, re-usable parts * philosophical aversion to bloatware * much of the software "included" is not really on the discs, it's just pointed to from within the ports tree and downloaded on demand -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348