Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:12:05 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Dinosaur <dinosaur@tochka.ru> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question of Interest Message-ID: <43EBCC45.2020801@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <op.s4pwtpe1v4xg4k@dinosaur-da6342> References: <op.s4pwtpe1v4xg4k@dinosaur-da6342>
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Dinosaur wrote: > Hello! > > Just a question of interest: > How have you packed so much software to just two CDs? No one seems to be jumping on this one. While I can take no credit myself for this feat (and bow down humbly to those who can), I'll take a stab at a short answer: * standardized, interchangeable, re-usable parts * philosophical aversion to bloatware * much of the software "included" is not really on the discs, it's just pointed to from within the ports tree and downloaded on demand -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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