Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:10:49 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD essentials Message-ID: <199907262310.TAA25584@smtp3.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <19990726163930.A12369@futuresouth.com>
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On 26-Jul-99 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:22:26PM +0200, a little birdie told me
> that Neil Blakey-Milner remarked
>> On Mon 1999-07-26 (08:08), Francisco Reyes wrote:
>> > >From the feedback I get I will make a "FreeBSD Essentials Page"
>> >
>> > In particular I am interested in admin type of tools (email,
>> > network performance, log maintenance, ...)
>>
>> I may be wrong, but I think Doug White was the guy who asked for a list of
>> everyone's five first-installed packages so as to order the packages on the
>> CDs correctly, and it's possible still have that information.
>
> I don't recall hearing that call go out, but here's a few ideas...
> 1) tcsh (*thwap* no bash! tcsh dammit!)
> 2) ssh
2a) tripwire
2b) sudo
> 3) cvsup
> if(X) {
> 4) xlock
> 5) xv
> 6) lesstif
> 7) ctwm (need them virtual desktops)
or fvwm2 (what flamewar do you want to start today?)
> 8) bgrot! (*cheer*)
> }
else {
4) lynx
}
> 9) Linux compat libs
>
> Other high-prio stuff:
> - Mail client (elm, pine, mutt, [[e]x]mh...)
if(X) { xfmail }
> - Compressers ([un]zip, bzip2...)
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