From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jan 29 6: 3:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1E337B405 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 06:03:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0TE33Z27597 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:03:03 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2002012915001670:2193 ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:00:16 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0TEDrP75916 for newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:13:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:13:53 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports on FreeBSD4.4 Message-ID: <20020129151353.F68986@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: newbies@freebsd.org References: <20020129132410.12323.qmail@web21007.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020129132410.12323.qmail@web21007.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/29/2002 03:00:16 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/29/2002 03:00:22 PM, Serialize complete at 01/29/2002 03:00:22 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:24:10 +0000 (GMT) > From: Tadimeti Keshav > Subject: RE:ports on FreeBSD4.4 > To: newbies@freebsd.org > > Hello George, > Thanks, but I wonder why CD 3 and CD 4 have the very > same ports/packages. Linux distros come loaded with > apps. CDs #3 and #4 aren't the same. Some packages are on both, so that you don't have to shuffle CD's because of dependancies. I imagine this is not actually for your comfort, but because of sysinstall being unable to handle such situation. But it's just a nit IMO. > Anyways I don't intend to connect to the internet > using FreeBSD because at SIngapore ISPs make it > possible for Windows and MACS ONLY. That's a pity. Let them know you prefer different OS. Although, I find it almost unbelievable that all of the ISP's there ban access with other OS's. > This is my sole complaint with FreeBSD - nothing comes > with the CD, one has to connect to the internet for > everything from ports to upgrading. Hehe, this is so untrue... I run a standalone machine with FreeBSD 4.4, and although I don't have internet access on that machine, FreeBSD CD's have catered for vast majority of my installing needs. As for upgrading: do you mean upgrading the base system? Well, the idea that e. g. 4.4 CD's should also contain the 4.5 release certainly looks very innovative... -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 3:06PM up 8 days, 21:30, 14 users, load averages: 0.04, 0.05, 0.04 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message