From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 1 22:48: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B58C537B40D for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 15oIPL-00028v-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2001 05:47:55 +0000 Received: by buffy.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mailhost, from userid 500) id ED33EBD72; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:14:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:14:50 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: favorite ports? Message-ID: <20011002071450.C3661@raggedclown.net> References: <20011001221641.09d5c75c.nmace85@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20011001221641.09d5c75c.nmace85@yahoo.com>; from nmace85@yahoo.com on Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:16:41PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:16:41PM -0400, Nathan Mace wrote: > would the regulars on this mailing list post a short list of their fav > ports and short description of what they do? the reason i'm asking is > because i still kinda new to *BSD and am wondering what ports are worth > installing and which ones aren't. thanks > > nathan > I find this a rather strange question. Favourite does not really enter into it. I expect mostly people first know what they want from their system then hunt or ask here if there exists a suitable port for their purpose. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message