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Date:      Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:30 -0800
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
Message-ID:  <87k4h3esqh.fsf@oak.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinOLuYE=fw3he0QYTffCzPWg5tr9w6BXYUun9TY@mail.gmail.com>	(Odhiambo Washington's message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:12:05 %2B0300")
References:  <AANLkTimZR3fP_vyR-68gB4xwtK5CccG1ryrgk4DZRRNv@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinOLuYE=fw3he0QYTffCzPWg5tr9w6BXYUun9TY@mail.gmail.com>

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Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> writes:

> My question is: WHY need 7 DVDs??? DVDs?? Even M$ does not do such a crazy
> thing with its bloat-ware!! FreeBSD ships 1 DVD.
> What is it that this Debian GNU/kFreeBSD ships in those 7 DVDs?

They contain all packages for that architecture.  They are the
equivalent of the binary packages for the entire FreeBSD ports tree.
You don't need them if you install over the net.
-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org




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