Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:52:41 +0430 (GMT+04:30) From: danilook@dds.nl To: James <james@fr.clara.net> Cc: Stuart Duckworth <ITServices@cableinet.co.uk>, Dragon Singer <WM-Scace@wiu.edu>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello, Message-ID: <243124734.991052561101.JavaMail.danilook@dds.nl>
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Hi, Upgrading really isn't that scary at all. I upgraded to 4.2 about 2 weeks after I'd first installed and had no serious issues. Using CVSUP to download the new source and compiling new kernels and userland are all clearly & well documented in the handbook. Give a go some time. Dan James <james@fr.clara.net> schreef: > >The Packages can be a pain in the *rse...although sticking with >stable has rarely caused problems...One thing I still haven't got to grips >with on FreeBSD is an upgrade, (4.2 to 4.3 for example) To be honest I >haven't needed to attempt it yet but it looks horrible ! :- ) > > >On Mon, 28 May 2001, Fredrik Olausson wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > Debian is not bad either for laptops...It has always found any >> > NIC's I have had... >> >> I like Debian, or I did until I broke the packaging stuff. Again, I feel >> that's the beauty of FreeBSD and Slackware; there is no need to worry about >> corrupting some database somewhere, if you don't like the program, just go >> ahead and delete it. But wait, lets not start a Linux distribution war on a >> FreeBSD mailing list :) >> >> -Fredrik >> >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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