Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:45:44 -0300 From: Zantgo <zantgo@gmail.com> To: Joe Gain <joe.gain@gmail.com> Cc: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The ports are really funcional? Message-ID: <557A48F1-B4A0-407D-A8F1-1502990AE31E@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO6-GAeVNJDnmk68y3tv4nRrWAf-EbF0Rc2Ft2EQEjaLzmPnLA@mail.gmail.com> References: <F2F10B45-7FDF-44F9-B8AC-529004722FF5@gmail.com> <CAHieY7Qr8d6JOMK2w2xDUxu19aw%2BzLxDQfTYgvv7S6YNmWo02g@mail.gmail.com> <20111031040545.cc7d874f.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAO6-GAeVNJDnmk68y3tv4nRrWAf-EbF0Rc2Ft2EQEjaLzmPnLA@mail.gmail.com>
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then, as the system must be configured?, I thought as I was was perfect. I h= ave a laptop with intel core i5.=20 PS: I think that occupying FreeBSD or OpenBSD, and you should consider ;) Zantgo El 31-10-2011, a las 6:12, Joe Gain <joe.gain@gmail.com> escribi=C3=B3: > I agree, the ports are *amazing*. Even when installing a major component > like kde4. If you have your base system set up correctly this very complex= > task will generally complete flawlessly. For a first-time install you can > accept most of the default options when configuring, but it's probably not= > a good idea to just blindly accept every default. >=20 > Experiment with the different port management software until you find > something which you like. Read the documentation about dealing with common= > issues, making backups, saving compiler/ installation errors, etc. >=20 > If you are having many problems with ports which require few dependencies,= > you may have a non-ports related issue of some kind. >=20 > My entire system is ports based and I belong more to the user than the > hacker class. >=20 > Good luck! >=20 > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >=20 >> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:36:44 -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: >>> For very large packages such as the graphics system, open or libre >>> office etc. it's much better to use binary versions via pkg_add. It's >>> a waste of time to compile these very large suites and most of the >>> time you will get the config options wrong, and they take forever to >>> compile. >>=20 >> Exceptions: >>=20 >> 1) You need language-specific settings. >> Example: OpenOffice in German. >>=20 >> 2) You need others than the default options, e. g. if you >> want to include or exclude some stuff. >> Example: OpenOffice without KDE. >>=20 >> 3) You need options to be set at compile time that do differ >> from the default options from which the binary packages >> are made, or because of "artificially shit in your pants" >> legal requirements and restrictions. >> Example: mplayer with mencoder and all (!) codecs >>=20 >> 4) You need to speed up things to make them run on older >> hardware, and you fight for every optimization. >> Example: mplayer's RUNTIME_CPU_DETECTION. >>=20 >> But this is, I think, a case for 1% of users only. You >> hardly need to do that. In most cases, the default options >> are fine, and the binary packages just work. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> For things you want to tailor and optimize to your needs then use the >>> ports system. FBSD is so cool that it doesn't matter if you install >>> one way or the other and you can use almost all methods >>> interchangeably. >>=20 >> A managament tool (such as portmaster or portupgrade) helps >> to keep an eye on dependencies when using the many possible >> ways. >>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> Polytropon >> Magdeburg, Germany >> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > joe gain >=20 > jacob-burckhardt-str. 16 > 78464 konstanz > germany >=20 > +49 (0)7531 60389 >=20 > (...otherwise in ???) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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