Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 01:30:58 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B2=D8=E2=D0=DB=D8=D9_=BA=E0=DE=DF=DA=DE?= <V_Kropko@ucca.ukrpack.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support Message-ID: <20010907013058.A20382@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <sb9758d2.066@ucca.ukrpack.net>; from V_Kropko@ucca.ukrpack.net on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:06:21AM %2B0300 References: <sb9758d2.066@ucca.ukrpack.net>
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:06:21AM +0300, Виталий Кропко wrote: > Good day! > > I want you to answer some questions. > > 1.Where I could get full distributive (with > packages and ports) of FreeBSD (in Ukraine, in > Russia; on CD-ROM, on download of any > web-site)? see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html I like the iso installation - obtained from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/ How many space would this > distributive occupied? > 2.How many space would full installation of > FreeBSD occupied? It really depends on how much you have installed, but I would set aside at least 3 or 4 gigs for the system, X, and supplementary packages. I have 20 gig, and i run at about 30% capacity with tons of stuff loaded. > 3.What is term "ports" means? What is term Ports is a system within FreeBSD where open source type software it installations arepre-configured to run under FreeBSD. There are thousands of packages, and all it takes to load and compile each is a simple command, usually "make install". If dependant packages are needed the ports system, goes and gets them, compiles them, and installs them, all without any user interaction required. It is really a wonderful system, and i have not seen anything like it in my experience. > "packages" means? I would term package just that. Software. > 4.Does FreeBSD have applications like > windows' applications as MS Word, MS Excel, > file managers, games (card games, adventures, > 3D-action and others) and others programs? Yes. At first glance, they look just as professional. There is not an exact replacement for all Windows packages though. It all depends on your reason for getting into it, I guess. FreeBSD tends to be a less hand-holding experence, than some other systems. I got into FreeBSD as an educational exercise, and have found the experiece extremely rewarding. What is really great about FreeBSD in my view, is that there is really only *one* distribution source. Hence, the users are all tied together, and you get to know, via the mail list, who is knowledgeable about what. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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