Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:59:39 -0700 From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> To: Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reference index/list/etc. Message-ID: <379F36FB.8F9B656E@criterion-group.com> References: <LOBBJNJHKFOGCKJFKEKBOELBCBAA.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------27E5B71BC214306E8EFE790F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------27E5B71BC214306E8EFE790F Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="rbettle.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Roy Bettle Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rbettle.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bettle;Roy tel;work:(949) 452-1203 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.criterion-group.com org:Criterion Group, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:rbettle@criterion-group.com title:President note:Businesses that depend on computers, depend on us. adr;quoted-printable:;;26895 Aliso Creek Road=0D=0ASuite B404;Aliso Viejo;CA;92656;USA fn:Bettle, Roy end:vcard --------------27E5B71BC214306E8EFE790F-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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