Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:30:18 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: matra@diemme.it (matra) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie... Message-ID: <199701242030.OAA26601@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970122071911.180F-100000@bridget.devlab.org> from matra at "Jan 22, 97 07:36:34 am"
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In a previous message, matra said: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, matra wrote: > > > > > Under Linux i have only to patch the kernel and recompile! Why have i to > > > install and recompile everyting ?!.. > > > > [soapbox on] > > Because we do not do things the way Linux does. FreeBSD is composed of > > highly organized RELEASES. One kernel version, one set of binaries, one > > published install set. Not ten. When you get the FreeBSD CDROM, you can > > say, "This IS FreeBSD," not, "This is xyz's mishmash of FreeBSD." > > So have i to buy EVERY Walnut Creek CD to have a current and not obsolete > FreeBSD box ?! Nope. You can easily ftp from ftp.freebsd.org or dozens of mirror sites. > My linux box has a 197mb /usr/src directory . Every time a new > program/kernel etc/etc was announced ,i just ftp it . Why have i to wait > WC's cds to have the newest system ? You don't. Currently, on freebsd.org you can get 2.1.5, 2.1.6.1, 2.2 Beta, 3.0-current. And I'm sure others. Some of us just like the security of having a CD. > > > > Hope this helps you understand our way of doing things. :-) > > Yes , i understand . IMHO FreeBSD is too "Walnut Creek CD" oriented . > I ran Linux for over 2 years buying only the first Slackware and upgrading > my system from the net , every time i wanted . You could easily do this with FreeBSD and sup. > I hope that isn't a commercial alliance ... > > So i have to buy every WC's dists to stay "tuned" on FreeBSD!It is not a > money affair for me ;The fact is that i HATE "mirrors" of other systems > on my computer .I want to create my OWN dist. You hate having other people having what you have on your machine? Strange. > If u are right , i cannot do it . > > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > > > > > > -- Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left... right?
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