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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:59:39 -0700
From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com>
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To: Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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Dude!  You made my day; thanks!

RAB


Thomas Uhrfelt wrote:

> > Quickie:
> > I am something of a newbie to FreeBSD/open source.  Is there a "master
> > list" sort of reference somewhere that lists out all the jillions of
> > apps that come with FreeBSD and who wrote them/what they do?
>
> I was too a totally newbie to FreeBSD a couple of months back, and now I
> have grown to love this stable and wonderful OS. Well there are some
> drawbacks, like there are plenty of documentation on everything - but it's
> scattered all around.
>
> > Like, what is "egcs"?  "Tsk"?  Etc.  I feel like this is such a newbie
> > question, but I am really hoping that such a reference exists so I know
> > "what to use/where it is/how to use it" as I continue getting familiar
> > with FreeBSD.
>
> Yes, go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and look at the description of the
> ports, they are all nicely categorized.
>
> > I'm going through the install/config and I would like to be able to make
> > intelligent choices as to what packages/ports to include, etc.
>
> Well, the basesystem is pretty capable as-is, almost all is there from the
> start. It's better to ask questions like "I would like to do XYZ, what kind
> of application would you recommend". For normal use, pretty much everything
> is there.
>
> Thomas Uhrfelt
>
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