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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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