From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 11:49:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9732C16A4CE; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:49:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailfe02.swip.net (mailfe02.swip.net [212.247.154.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED0C43D31; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:49:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from seb11@ciaoweb.it) X-T2-Posting-ID: vUwr+8juvInM9FSjRxQ7ng== Received: from d81-211-131-119.cust.tele2.it ([81.211.131.119] verified) by mailfe02.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 91604366; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:49:34 +0200 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:46:14 +0200 (CEST) From: seb11@ciaoweb.it X-X-Sender: seb@seblin1.local To: Scott Long , stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040705213127.P95606@pooker.samsco.org> Message-ID: References: <20040705213127.P95606@pooker.samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Call for FreeBSD status reports X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:49:58 -0000 On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Scott Long wrote: > All, > > It's time again for the bi-monthly FreeBSD status reports. We're on an > upward trend in numbers of reports that are submitted, and I'm hoping to > get 25 this time. As always, reports are encouraged for anything that > relates to FreeBSD development, documentation, independent projects, or > anything else that might be interesting to the community as a whole. > Reports should be one to two paragraphs in length. The template can be > found at http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-sample.xml > > Submissions are due to monthly@freebsd.org by July 15. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" to Scott Long & All ... 1st, I apologize for my poor english ... I've been using unix/unix-like systems on my PC since Win-3.x: Interactive, ScoUnix and now Linux; I've tryed FreeBSD and fount it very strong and interesting. At the moment I have two cd sets: FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.0. I found 5.0 quite confortable but the main problem is my internet connection: just a 56k modem and not a quicker system like ADSL or similar. The problem that arises is due to the live download and build of ports (about 7000 ports, as far as I know!). I ask, please, hoping for the best: 1. could be 5.0 a good base to start to join a quite STABLE configuration? 2. where I can get (order and buy) tarball ports on cd's and, in such case, what should be the right order to get the appropriate versions, according to the level of patching and evolution of the FreeBSD version (non matter which, 5.0 or different ...) I'll be using? Thanks a LOT !! pino -- "Quanto doveva rimordere la coscienza, un tempo! che buoni denti aveva! E oggi? cos'e' che le manca?". -- Domanda di un dentista.