From: f...@brightstar.bomgardner.net
To: ch...@monochrome.org; cho...@charter.net
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:45:11 -0600
CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Portsnap vs CSup
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:50:48 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill wrote
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Charles Howse wrote
compiling the kernel on that could take several days by itself let alone
compiling X and then a thick GUI like KDE or GNOME. amazing that a 100MHz
system with 48 megs of ram can still run so fast if you build it right.
for sure not KDE, but X and FreeBSD itself with good software running on
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:26 +0100
From: woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
To: millenia2...@hotmail.com
CC: f...@bomgardner.net; ch...@monochrome.org; cho...@charter.net;
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Portsnap vs CSup
compiling the kernel on that could take several days
for sure not KDE, but X and FreeBSD itself with good software running on
it works FAST on 100Mhz machine with 48MB RAM.
Yes compiling is slow, but normal usage is FAST.
I never used gnome or KDE on it, ran Blackbox insted.
of course it's fast.
and even slower machines like 486/33
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:12:12 -0400, Sean Cavanaugh millenia2...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:26 +0100
for sure not KDE, but X and FreeBSD itself with good software running on
it works FAST on 100Mhz machine with 48MB RAM.
Yes compiling is slow, but normal usage is
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Kalle Møller
freebsd-questi...@k-moeller.dk wrote:
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm going to
learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
--
/km
Kalle Møller wrote:
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm going to
learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
Freedom of choice. That choice is up to you. Whichever you you feel
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Kalle Møller
freebsd-questi...@k-moeller.dk wrote:
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm going to
learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
--
Kalle Møller wrote:
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm going to
learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
There is not necessarily a correct answer, either is correct. However
On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote:
freebsd-update is another matter though. Base system security
updates are distributed via that channel(binary updates) so it's a
good idea to run that regularly.
I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update:
...Note
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Charles Howse wrote:
On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote:
I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update:
...Note that updates are only available if they are being built for
the FreeBSD release and architecture being used; in particular,
Charles Howse wrote:
On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote:
freebsd-update is another matter though. Base system security
updates are distributed via that channel(binary updates) so it's a
good idea to run that regularly.
I just noticed the description in the man page for
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:39:37 +0100, Kalle Møller wrote
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm
going to learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
--
/km
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:50:48 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill wrote
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Charles Howse wrote:
On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote:
I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update:
...Note that updates are only available if they are being built
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:06:31 -0500
Paul Procacci pproca...@datapipe.com wrote:
Freedom of choice. That choice is up to you. Whichever you you feel
most comfortable with...that's the one you should use. Personally, I
use both.
Just don't swap back and forth on the same ports tree. If you
At 7:39 PM +0100 3/19/09, Kalle Møller wrote:
Hi
I've been digging around, but I can't find a clear answer, which of those
two is the correct to use. Hence I don't use one now, so if I'm going to
learn one, I would prefer it to be the right one.
That's a reasonable question to ask.
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