Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:37:01 -0600 From: "Doug Poland" <dpoland@execpc.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Message-ID: <004f01be2578$70ac8410$01646464@egypt>
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Don't forget the BSD Giveaway list. People will send you the CD's for FREE. All you have to do is pay the postage. http://visar.csustan.edu/giveaway.html -----Original Message----- From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: Leonard Ong <Leonard_Ong@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 16:37 Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs >On Fri 11 Dec, Leonard Ong wrote: >> >> I'm from a country that affected by Currency Crisis. I can't upgrade by >> CVS or CD in cheap manner. However, How long should i spend d/ling hte >> sources from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 ? >> >> Can i update to 3.0 ? > >Are your phonecalls "free" ? >I'm certainly not affected by a currency crisis, but _installing_ via >ftp I can only do at work, ATM, where I have 4xISDN leased-line and get >at least 25K from ftp.cdrom.com. (Germany has absolutely no free local >calls) >To get the sources (bare-bone system) doesn't take very long (I run cvs >on a 2-4 week basis) , but just think of getting the X-Sources (50Megs, >20Megs as pkg or so) via modem - that's silly, if you pay at least 1 >USD/hour (it's actually a bit more). >Or install KDE - 20+ Megs. Or other large ports. > >If you have the time, and your phone-calls are cheap enough, you can do >it. (I think even the transition to 3.0 is relatively smooth). > >You could also look into the cheap-bytes CD (5 USD), though the costs of >customs and post may actually make this an expensive "bargain". >(My "free" Solaris 7 CD cost 34 USD in the end). > >Don't you know somebody with an account at a university or so ? You >could do the download there, and burn a CD with ports and X and KDE. > > >cheers, >Rainer >-- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >|Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | >| & Rainer.Duffner@surf24.de | >|Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | >|"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | >| Achtung: rainer.duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | >|(die alte E-Mail Adresse) verfällt zum 31.12.98 | >| WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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