Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:55:03 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011029205503.A350@localhost> In-Reply-To: <00a301c1606e$bc00e990$0a00000a@contactdish>; from anthony@atkielski.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:42:04PM %2B0100 References: <00a301c1606e$bc00e990$0a00000a@contactdish>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:42:04PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Is the Walnut Creek distribution "pure" FreeBSD? That is, they haven't > "customized" it with other junk in the way that some vendors "customize" > Windows, right? I want plain vanilla everything. Just the basics. I > need to be able to log in over the LAN as root (or other users), and play > with vi and things like that, and be able to transfer files with FTP (the > simplest way to move data between machines, I think), and so on. Nothing > fancy. Just a small clarification -- there is no 'Walnut Creek' distribution anymore; in fact I belive that Walnut Creek CDROM no longer exists as a separate entity. The most recent FreeBSD release (4.4) was distributed by WindRiver, but Daemon News (www.daemonnews.org) is taking over this task for 4.5 and subsequent releases; AIUI they will be the source of the 'official' CDROM distribution sets. But yes, the WalnutCreek / BSDi / WindRiver / DaemonNews are what you might call 'pure' FreeBSD. There isn't really the notion of different distributions that you have in the Linux world -- FreeBSD is the whole OS (not just the kernel) -- so you will tend to get the same core OS with more or less added stuff from different distributors. As others have said though, if you have the bandwidth, the quickest way to try it out is to do a network install or download the ISO images and burn your own CD. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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