Date: 14 Oct 2004 20:11:02 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Patrick <patrickheyrman@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Message-ID: <1097799062.30508.143.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <BAY9-DAV7x3Vp20N39x00006006@hotmail.com> References: <BAY9-DAV7x3Vp20N39x00006006@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 18:02, Patrick wrote: > When you buy FreeBSD CDs from stores like FreeBSDMall, do you get any extras, that you wouldn't get if you downloaded FreeBSD? > > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Besides the main installation CD and the live CD, you get two (or more?) extra CDs of packages that can be installed with pkg_add. All these packages are available for download, but there are no downloadable ISO images for the extra CDs - I presume as a gentle hint to potential purchasers. If you have a fast internet connection, you don't need the CDs - but it is still nice to contribute every now and again.
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