From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 16:34:39 2003 Return-Path: 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 4BC3137B401 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snickers.hotpop.com (snickers.hotpop.com [204.57.55.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF544400D for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:34:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by snickers.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 43FAF7A732 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 23:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 93A211800B7; Sat, 28 Jun 2003 23:34:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:33:41 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: Joe Pokupec Message-Id: <20030629193341.3630901c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: References: <3EFDE51A.30907@potentialtech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 11 Hour Installs on KDE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 23:34:39 -0000 On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:59:36 -0800 Joe Pokupec wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Thanks for your input and explanations. Here's the part I don't understand > (very simplistic view). Both machines previously had Red Hat 9 installed on > them. I decided that I didn't want to pay Red Hat for their up2date feature > on each machine and decided to go back to BSD with a GUI so I could go back > to the trusty, and free ports feature(s)... > > RH9 took less than 15 minutes to install and boot for each machine. It has > the Blue Wave GUI and I would imagine is pretty bloated as well. So, from > this point of view, how can one OS take 15 minutes, while the other take 15 > hours (and counting)? lol, very simply... If it is taking 15 minutes to install it is not compiling any thing or very little. I would suggest you use /stand/sysinstall or pkg_add to install KDE if you are worried about time. If you want a quick install the pkg_add is the way to go, but it should be noted that this is not very pretty since it is not heavily optimized. I personally like optimizing every thing with either -O2 or -O3. This takes awhile, but for the most part it has been worth it, from my experience. > The machines are Pentium II, 333Mhz and 400 Mhz units (both are Dells). Each > machine has 256 Megs of RAM, and one of the machines has a 60 gig drive...