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Date:      Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:43:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      <scott@smnolde.com>
To:        Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: favorite ports?
Message-ID:  <20011002104002.D2499-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011002103721.7ea1cb80.nmace85@yahoo.com>

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Just browse through the ports collection at
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/

Of course there's tons of stuff, but only you can decide what you need
based upon the needs of the computer.

Scott Nolde
GPG Key 0xD869AB48


smacked into the keyboard previously:
 >
 >what i mean is when you guys do a fresh install of freebsd for a
 >workstation/desktop type computer...what apps do you install?  for
 >instance  i've learned about nethack, nessus, mtr, and several other
 >apps from various mailing lists that otherwise i wouldn't have known
 >that these apps existed.  i'm just asking what apps you guys might be
 >asking so if there's any great apps out there i don't know about, you
 >guys would be able to point out.
 >
 >i couple have said that i should just install what i need, how do i know
 >what i need if i don't know whats out there?  yea i know if i need an
 >mp3/ripper frontend to install grip, if i need an network debugger get
 >nessus/mtr/ethereal...but what about the apps that i don't know about?
 >i don't have time to INSTALL every app in the ports tree.....
 >
 >nathan
 >
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