From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 05:13:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF85A1065673 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 05:13:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BA078FC14 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 05:13:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K0D00846QGVT580@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 23:12:31 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K0D007WMQGVLA30@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 23:12:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K0D00B6NQGPDAC0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 23:12:30 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B27B839 for ; Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:23 -0700 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <20080504221223.20b5827e@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: living with freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 05:13:12 -0000 i'd like to know how people live with freebsd. do you use only ports or only packages or a mixture? do you upgrade from version to version using freebsd tools or do it manually? do you have a different approach regarding the above depending on whether it is for a server or a desktop? the handbook tells you what you can do, but i'd like to know what is actually done and why. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's