Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:15:24 +0200 From: Simonas Kareiva <simonas.kareiva@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The case for FreeBSD Message-ID: <6035a596050209211570de2d03@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11888.203.220.51.162.1107997737.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <opslvtr8ng9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20050208145219.491D143D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <11935.203.51.156.53.1107878311.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE> <200502082246.10596.mark.rowlands@mypost.se> <11888.203.220.51.162.1107997737.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE>
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> >cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation To use this port, a newbie must be introduced to the port system. He may accidently get a fortune tip to read 'man ports', but it's very unlikely ;-) Second, the whole bunch of RUN_DEPENDS takes a lot of time to build and it is not convenient for the majority. I suppose that many FreeBSD newbies would prefer (and should be introduced to) the usage of precompiled software packages. -- Simonas Kareiva
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