From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 22 04:48:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA06586 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 04:48:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (andrew@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA06580 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 04:48:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA01776; Fri, 22 May 1998 21:48:39 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 21:48:39 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry To: Malartre cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why installing ports on a computer? In-Reply-To: <35656383.3E5CF011@aei.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Well, if you dont have acces to the net, you dont need port! no? > Actually yes. I usually use ports over packages as it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. There's more to computers than the internet (oh no! sacrilege). :-) It actually resides behind a firewall that I can't get it past at this stage. I practice writing c programs in my lunch hour. I've installed apache for use on our intranet. I've installed other programs that I want to learn about as well. By the way, I'm not putting down your idea I'm just giving my point of view. Andrew Perry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message