From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 27 09:20:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9781077B for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22c.google.com (mail-wg0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3396122B7 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f44.google.com with SMTP id a1so4654972wgh.35 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:20:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5mSL5MW+/HBXpIcI0Xr9kliN5azEec1IG2pfJ3bBpPI=; b=TBWFnMiZDkziy62wKOnZAPjm6hahQFbS+MFaoe9TNsOcGO+eKzC0Zr+sUQU3oG+1on jaY1yF8gVX5gAnsndO2BhkdZ6RXcl1XNBaWGpnl5N4wLsML5PDcIgbZthit6DNujduJE ph45JQYLrMfli+4yLADTM+fUauXZGt36wOLceRu2kPXrWkk/jkDQW6xSTeJjrV16+Ude /LePHh1xAQVl3oHKfHRQtyu+7mZXUzMiCuso5Xnkdh7JyHistXrHTp2aL2SZv5Bfflty SL1EhuD/ODmdDngnPYLyZNqGOnbyfKg66y3em1mJNp/9wHkovajh0IuE8MA1gZqZkdql LZ2A== X-Received: by 10.180.74.52 with SMTP id q20mr22132088wiv.60.1385544024546; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:20:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (76.Red-79-158-177.staticIP.rima-tde.net. [79.158.177.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f11sm52038904wic.4.2013.11.27.01.20.23 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:20:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:20:22 +0100 From: Daniel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pat=F3n?= To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello, I am new in the list Message-Id: <20131127102022.329f72eab6ccc8af953d48aa@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52953879.4060802@gmail.com> References: <20131120133902.51d3333271511ce9601de559@gmail.com> <52953879.4060802@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:20:26 -0000 > 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 ******************************************************** 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 ********************************************************