From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 11 19:12:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA06200 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:12:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA06195 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from pop05.execpc.com (pop05.execpc.com [169.207.3.82]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id UAA29966 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:38:35 -0600 (CST) Received: from egypt (castria-34.mdm.apl.execpc.com [207.250.71.162]) by pop05.execpc.com (8.8.8) id UAA02829 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:38:02 -0600 Message-ID: <004f01be2578$70ac8410$01646464@egypt> From: "Doug Poland" To: Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:37:01 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To: Leonard Ong Cc: 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