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Date:      Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:20:22 +0100
From:      Daniel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pat=F3n?= <d.paton.d@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hello, I am new in the list
Message-ID:  <20131127102022.329f72eab6ccc8af953d48aa@gmail.com>
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> Hi Daniel,
>=20
> Sorry for the delayed response; welcome to the list!

Hi, thanks

> Since the introduction of pkgng, long compile times should no longer be
> a problem, even on slower computers. You can set up one machine as a
> build system, and install the packages on other computers. You can even
> try out the official package repositories. That said, building from
> source still has many advantages.

I prefer building from source...

> I'm excited that you'll be introducing FreeBSD in the classroom! As
> always, if you have any questions, there are several mailing lists and
> channels on IRC (and don't forget the handbook!).

OK. Curiously the students have a first bad reaction against FreeBSD mainly=
 caused by the spartan desktop of our computer lab (IceWM + rox) that have =
the things in other structure ;-). However, after few days they prefer to f=
inish the practical works in these old but stable "such as rocks" machines =
;-). We have a practice class using image analysis of aerial photographs. T=
he practice consist in determining fractals on each image and relate differ=
ent mathematical parameters with landscape measures. The software can be in=
stalled in Windows but many students have problems in their computers and p=
refer to use the old machines (celeron with 500 MB RAM) of computer lab ;-)=
 Half of student are migrating to PC-BSD ;-)=20

> Good luck,
> Kevin Zheng

Thanks
--=20
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 Daniel Pat=F3n Dom=EDnguez
 Numerical Ecology. Ecology Unit
 Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences
 Faculty of Sciences. University of Extremadura
 Avda. Elvas s/n 06071 Badajoz (Spain)
 http://unex.academia.edu/DanielPatonDominguez
 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Paton/
 http://sites.google.com/site/numericalecologyuex/home
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