Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:42:18 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "four.harrisons@googlemail.com" <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <20110331144218.85e16738.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1575636523.54703.1301569831759.JavaMail.seven@ap4.trial.red.7sys.net> References: <1575636523.54703.1301569831759.JavaMail.seven@ap4.trial.red.7sys.net>
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:10:29 -0700 (PDT), "four.harrisons@googlemail.com" <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> wrote: > I left Linux a while ago, but at that time compiling and > installing a new kernel on Red Hat or Slackware (to stick > within my experience) was significantly harder to do than > "make buildkernel; make installkernel", once you had it > figured. Oh, on FreeBSD it's a lot easier than that: "make kernel". :-) See /usr/src/Makefile's comment header where the build targets get explained. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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