Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:32:15 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> To: "Nathan Mace" <nmace85@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: favorite ports? Message-ID: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIAEKMDJAA.patrick@mip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20011001221641.09d5c75c.nmace85@yahoo.com>
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Nathan, as said by others, this question is rather vague. It depends on what you need... Anyway, some that I tend to install on most boxes I configure (I've probably done about 30 now): Apache+SSL for web servers. mod-perl for web-servers. php4 if you prefer PHP to Perl. PostgreSQL if you need a relational DB. bash 'cos I like it. mreport usage reports for mail servers. majordomo if you need to manage mailing lists. When I build firewalls I add NOTHING (except bash)! FreeBSD with ipfw does the job beautifully. I must admit with embarrassment that I have yet to get CVSup running. It's about time I do something about that! Others you might look for under ports (like ssh, sendmail, popper, named(BIND), ntp) are part of the standard FreeBSD installation. I have never had reason to use anything other than BSD's own for these. Patrick. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nathan Mace Sent: 02 October 2001 04:17 To: freebsd-questions Subject: favorite ports? 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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