From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 00:20:22 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 F15B4106564A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:20:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s7.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s7.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40348FC1B for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:20:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-DS2 ([65.55.131.29]) by bay0-omc3-s7.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:20:22 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.243.79.151] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: "Sean Cavanaugh" In-Reply-To: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> To: "Dave Woodruff" , References: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> X-Unsent: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:20:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Apr 2008 00:20:22.0576 (UTC) FILETIME=[55A88B00:01C8990E] Cc: Subject: Re: Grand Omission from WebSite 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: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:20:23 -0000 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Woodruff" Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:47 PM To: Subject: Grand Omission from WebSite > Dear Mr. Questions: I have just spent about one-half hour "browsing" > the website, looking for the list of package distributions, > unsuccessfully. > Perhaps the most dismaying was the page: > http://www.freebsd.org/applications.html > which contains a link self-described as "packages collection" which > takes you to the OS distribution page, unrelated to packages. > Entering "package" or "packages" into the (sic) search engine each > yield a null result. It is a crying shame that one of the most unique > and fruitful features of my favorite operating system should be so > obfuscated. > Thanks, > \DaveW > -- > Dave Woodruff - System Admn - RadOnc Computer Support > Vox: 415/353-9818 Fax: 415/353-9883 Pgr: 415/443-2896 > --- University of California, San Francisco, Radiation Oncology --- > 1600 Divisadero - Suite H-1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 most people install from the ports collection if they have decent access and they are listed on the website. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html -Sean