From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jan 29 10:51:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from odin.acuson.com (odin.acuson.com [157.226.230.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55FB137B404 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:51:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mvaexch00.acuson.com ([157.226.230.212]) by odin.acuson.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with ESMTP id AAA178B; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:51:28 -0800 Received: by mvaexch00.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:46:48 -0800 Received: from there (dhcp-46-100.acuson.com [157.226.46.100]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id CJVD133B; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:42:20 -0800 From: Johnson David To: Tadimeti Keshav , newbies@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Organization: Acuson Subject: Re: ports on FreeBSD4.4 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:51:23 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <20020129132410.12323.qmail@web21007.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020129132410.12323.qmail@web21007.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020129185130.55FB137B404@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tuesday 29 January 2002 05:24 am, Tadimeti Keshav wrote: > Hello George, > Thanks, but I wonder why CD 3 and CD 4 have the very > same ports/packages. Linux distros come loaded with > apps. FreeBSD *does* come loaded with apps. Tons on CD1, and tons more on 3 and 4. I don't know why you think 3 and 4 have the same packages. There is some duplication, but not much. The duplication is resolve dependencies (anything that any package on CD4 needs will be on CD4). FreeBSD comes loaded with apps!!! Just look at it and you will see! > Anyways I don't intend to connect to the internet > using FreeBSD because at SIngapore ISPs make it > possible for Windows and MACS ONLY. My suspicion is that you can indeed connect with FreeBSD. They won't *support* FreeBSD. They won't help you set up your connection if they know you're not using their preferred OS. But you should be able to connect. Just try it. > This is my sole complaint with FreeBSD - nothing comes > with the CD, one has to connect to the internet for > everything from ports to upgrading. CD 1 has packages. 3 and 4 have even more. Take a look. As for upgrading, I don't quite follow you. Are you saying that there are Linux distros out there that will allow you to upgrade without an internet connection or waiting for the shipment of the next release? David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message