Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 23:56:34 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Edward Gess" <edward_gess@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fm,mozilla,x_server Message-ID: <15294.36610.350453.573444@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <112133980@toto.iv>
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Edward Gess <edward_gess@hotmail.com> types: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Please don't send HTML to this list. Most especially, don't send two copies of the the message. > I wanted to ask... For example I want to use FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE, so > could I download newest version of X server for it, or I should use > = the X server which is provided with FreeBSD 4.4??? That question is hard to answer, because the two X servers support different sets of video cards. The system installs XFree86 3.3 by default, and that supports some old cards that the latest version doesn't. If you decide you need XFree86 4.1 for some reason, it's available as a port if you want to use that. > The same thing is with mozilla0.9.4,1 - could I use it? That's the version in the ports. Yes, you can use it. Generally, I recommend using ports unless you have a good reason not to. The port system provides a uniform mechanism for installing, deinstalling, and getting information about the packages, which is worth quite a bit. For me, good reasons for not using the port include wanting to do custom build configuration that isn't possible with the port, doing development work on the production version, or the port just not working. > And one more... what good file = manager you know for FreeBSD? I like bash :-). A lot of people seem to like midnight commander, which is in the ports tree as misc/mc. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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