From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 17 01:39:28 2009 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 52CBF106564A for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:39:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp115.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp115.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D70048FC0C for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:39:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: (qmail 29685 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2009 01:39:27 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=2rCg2Qty/gMgb0sohWuZI0x7LIkFbapNgl0mCUW4+mKzDDkWupmDQFiwJXcQspcWIOfL3igWxanPlFTUpj0ZHEfan64LyrKf6AKHYQEIeKRX26YaJ7xttILo5pk+kht+ZRQKjHKsKjkHeYZ6t/SURrUmQDVQa0H3wSOm8fyZdb8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO napoleon.localnet) (mike.jeays@99.224.75.182 with plain) by smtp115.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Mar 2009 01:39:27 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: O2blOLUVM1ly6af.VWJvqr7KCOZIVLhs3rVQxmK9TGdb_6H0.rWd1s1DHVO74uHT5A-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:39:24 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.4 (Linux/2.6.27-11-generic; KDE/4.1.4; i686; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903162139.25253.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Subject: Re: Compiling everything myself? 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, 17 Mar 2009 01:39:28 -0000 -- On March 16, 2009 09:11:32 pm Daniel wrote: > Hi list > > This may be a basic question, but a question non the less. > > I have been using Debian for some years and have gotten tired by system > freezes, having a slow system, and having a package system that requires > that I install every skin of KDE to get KDE up and running. > > I hope FreeBSD will be better! :-) > > What I want to know is the following: Do I get the option of fetching > sources and running through a guided compilation; or do I get binaries > (like Debian) only? > > Thanks in advanced. You can do either one. The ports system automates source download, compilation and installation. The package system fetches and installs pre-compiled binaries. Take your pick. Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca