Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 05:22:57 -0500 From: "Ben Salem" <jsalem@fn.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Wich distribution am I suppose to install? Message-ID: <000701bda023$3cb77f00$2b05f7c6@compunaut>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have heard many different suggestions on wich distribution to install. = Some say X-User, because I can always add on later. Others say = Everything, if I have the space (966mb in /usr). And others still say = no to that, becuase of the amount of space that the source code takes up = (I don't nessecarily wan't that). So I suppose what I am asking is, = first of all, wich distribution would you recommend for a new FreeBSD = user who wants to use the internet, Telnet Daemon, FTP Daemon, WWW = Server, Programming, Text Editors, Games, X-Windows, and most of the = other common things, but doesn't want the source code, and 966mb at my = disposal?=20 Sorry if this seems kind of lengthy, but I am pretty confused, please = help me out. Thanks, Ben Salem Please reply to: (Ben402@juno.com) ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have heard many different = suggestions on wich=20 distribution to install. Some say X-User, because I can always add = on=20 later. Others say Everything, if I have the space (966mb in = /usr). =20 And others still say no to that, becuase of the amount of space that the = source=20 code takes up (I don't nessecarily wan't that). So I suppose what = I am=20 asking is, first of all, wich distribution would you recommend for a new = FreeBSD=20 user who wants to use the internet, Telnet Daemon, FTP Daemon, WWW = Server,=20 Programming, Text Editors, Games, X-Windows, and most of the other = common=20 things, but doesn't want the source code, and 966mb at my=20 disposal? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Sorry if this seems kind of lengthy, = but I am=20 pretty confused, please help me out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Ben Salem</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Please reply to:=20 (Ben402@juno.com)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9FF9.503EADC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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