From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 23 7:35:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A37A37B400; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:35:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net (pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net [195.40.7.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931E543E75; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:35:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc.silver@uk.easynet.net) Received: by pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net (Postfix, from userid 1332) id 48D916C811; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:35:42 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:35:42 +0100 From: Marc Silver To: mandrews@catholic.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD rpm ? Message-ID: <20020823143542.GF73684@uk.easynet.net> References: <3639.65.25.96.4.1030112986.squirrel@webmail.catholic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3639.65.25.96.4.1030112986.squirrel@webmail.catholic.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi there, On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 02:29:46PM -0000, mandrews@catholic.org wrote: > I'm currently using Linux 8.2, and wanted to explore FreeBSD but, so > far, I've been unable to find a suitable freebsd.rpm package. I've > searched in MSN amd rpmfind.net without luck. Could you tell me where > can I download it? FreeBSD isn't a package that you can install for Linux. FreeBSD is an operating system -- unlike linux, which is just a kernel which then ships with various other other bits to make it a 'complete' operating system. FreeBSD would basically replace your linux installation (or you could dual boot)... See http://www.freebsd.org for more information. - Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message