On Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:23 -0700
prad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'd like to know how people live with freebsd.
great, thanks for asking! :)
>
> do you use only ports or only packages or a mixture?
mostly build my own packages from ports. Sometimes I would use a package when
either I dont have the time /resources to build ( OOO, but lately i've just
built it myself). Also using packages for those apps that,
> do you upgrade from version to version using freebsd tools or do it
> manually?
version to version of what? Of kernel and world, in my workhorse laptop, i do
source upgrades and roll my own kernel.
For some servers and VM which are fairly generic and don't need much tweaking,
i just run generic or SMP and use freebsd-update. I've used freebsd-update to
upgrade VMs from 6.x to 7.x works GREAT (thanks Collin!)
> do you have a different approach regarding the above depending on
> whether it is for a server or a desktop?
it actually depends on how much customisation i need
>
> the handbook tells you what you can do, but i'd like to know what is
> actually done and why.
of course :)
have fun!
B
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