From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jul 3 07:00:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA02506 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 07:00:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA02501 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 07:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA15288; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 00:00:10 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980704000007.20605@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 00:00:07 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Top Ten Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Imagine: You've just installed a standard distribution of FreeBSD, you're not going to run X for a while yet, and you need to install a few programs from the packages collection to make your work easier. Either you know what you want already or you haven't got a clue. For those who haven't a clue I'm putting together a single package for newbies that will install some extra documentation and then cause a few other packages to be installed. (If you've installed KDE using the KDE meta-package which installs its other packages, you've seen similar) The idea was to include about five packages that I thought were essential, and if anyone felt they had better choices they could build their own :-) When I got these five essential package names out of my head and onto paper, it turned out there were twelve of them! That's too many for what I have in mind, so I'm asking for your suggestions. Nothing fancy, just the real bread and butter stuff you couldn't live without. As a newbie without X, if you could only install ten FreeBSD packages, which ones would be essential for everyday use? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message