Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:20:02 -0400 From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "Dave Woodruff" <woodruff@radonc17.ucsf.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Grand Omission from WebSite Message-ID: <BAY126-DS28A0264287CDBB0B3DA83CAF20@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu> References: <42712C9F-B727-4B28-924B-3884ED23D5F0@radonc17.ucsf.edu>
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-------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Woodruff" <woodruff@radonc17.ucsf.edu> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:47 PM To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Grand Omission from WebSite > Dear Mr. Questions: I have just spent about one-half hour "browsing" > the website, looking for the list of package distributions, > unsuccessfully. > Perhaps the most dismaying was the page: > http://www.freebsd.org/applications.html > which contains a link self-described as "packages collection" which > takes you to the OS distribution page, unrelated to packages. > Entering "package" or "packages" into the (sic) search engine each > yield a null result. It is a crying shame that one of the most unique > and fruitful features of my favorite operating system should be so > obfuscated. > Thanks, > \DaveW > -- > Dave Woodruff - System Admn - RadOnc Computer Support > Vox: 415/353-9818 Fax: 415/353-9883 Pgr: 415/443-2896 > --- University of California, San Francisco, Radiation Oncology --- > 1600 Divisadero - Suite H-1031, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708 most people install from the ports collection if they have decent access and they are listed on the website. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html -Sean
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