From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 17 08:03:29 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 4B10B1065672 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:03:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA5E8FC1A for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:03:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94093EB56FA; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:27 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6686545088; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:27 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fz281Fcn5iXA; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:27 +0200 (EET) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl126-96.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.245.96]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A84F4503F; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:27 +0200 (EET) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2H83QBs079959; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2H83OnP079958; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:24 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Daniel" References: Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:03:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Daniel's message of "Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:11:32 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <87fxhcshir.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 08:03:29 -0000 On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:11:32 +0100 (CET), "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? Yes. The `Ports' system can be used to compile your own packages. Build-time options can be set either to the defaults or to a local customization of those defaults. You can find more information about the Ports system by reading the ports(7) manpage or the relevant Handbook section: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html