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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:25:58 -0700
From:      Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>
To:        "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Disk space poll
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19980723032558.0082f420@mx.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980722230639.467A-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org>
References:  <19980723090356.20653@welearn.com.au>

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At 11:32 PM 7/22/98 -0700, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote:

>I still want more room for FBSD! At least I have a subscription now that
>I can more easily try many different packages without laborious
>downloads :-)  I tell you all, once you get yourself a CD set you'll
>never go back.

Do you have any idea how quickly packages get updated?  Probably at the
time v3.0 of FreeBSD is released, 95% of current packages will have been
upgraded, and a large number of new ones added since 2.2.6.  As of now,
about 75% have been upgraded, and there are many new additions to 2.2.7.
CD's get old faster than a mayfly.

Personally, I'd rather have ISDN, ADSL or a cable modem to download
FreeBSD... to me that would be 1000 times better than any CD :-)
Unfortunately I'm still stuck with a 33.6k modem, and STILL downloading
2.2.7 (after about 12-16 hrs...  currently updating package changes).


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