From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 09:42:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F5D1065678 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 09:42:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBACD8FC17 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 09:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 31404 invoked from network); 5 May 2008 04:42:02 -0500 Received: from 124-170-98-214.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO ayiin) (124.170.98.214) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 5 May 2008 04:41:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 19:41:45 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20080505194145.6eaf679e@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <20080504221223.20b5827e@gom.home> References: <20080504221223.20b5827e@gom.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: living with freebsd 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: Mon, 05 May 2008 09:42:06 -0000 On Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:23 -0700 prad wrote: > i'd like to know how people live with freebsd. great, thanks for asking! :) > > do you use only ports or only packages or a mixture? mostly build my own packages from ports. Sometimes I would use a package when either I dont have the time /resources to build ( OOO, but lately i've just built it myself). Also using packages for those apps that, > do you upgrade from version to version using freebsd tools or do it > manually? version to version of what? Of kernel and world, in my workhorse laptop, i do source upgrades and roll my own kernel. For some servers and VM which are fairly generic and don't need much tweaking, i just run generic or SMP and use freebsd-update. I've used freebsd-update to upgrade VMs from 6.x to 7.x works GREAT (thanks Collin!) > do you have a different approach regarding the above depending on > whether it is for a server or a desktop? it actually depends on how much customisation i need > > the handbook tells you what you can do, but i'd like to know what is > actually done and why. of course :) have fun! B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I've dirtied my hands writing poetry, for the sake of seduction; that is, for the sake of a useful cause." Dostoevsky I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.