Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-06 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Michael Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have always hated that with any distribution of Linux - it seems you > can get a stable (1.4.x release for example) of something, but once > many bugs are fixed upstream - perhaps in a 1.6.x release... you'll > never see those changes unless you cas

Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Hernandez
On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: Hi DES, On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:42:51 +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Actually you'll find a lot of applications in FreeBSD ports where you wouldn't find them as a debian pack

Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-02 Thread Marian Hettwer
Hi DES, On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:42:51 +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Actually you'll find a lot of applications in FreeBSD ports where you >> wouldn't find them as a debian package for instance :) Especially in >> regards to the

Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-02 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually you'll find a lot of applications in FreeBSD ports where you > wouldn't find them as a debian package for instance :) Especially in > regards to the version of this specific software. Example? Debian > Sarge --> No Apache 2.2 1) the latest De

Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-01 Thread Marian Hettwer
Hi, On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:09:41 -0700 (PDT), Passive PROFITS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > First off, I wimped out (shame really) and installed > DesktopBSD as I was already at least 'glance' familiar > with KDE from Ubuntu Linux. This gave me some kde exist in FreeBSD, too :) > > A

Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-01 Thread Passive PROFITS
Hi All, Just to say, thanks to your pointers and encouragement, I've spent my first few days messing about with BSD! :) First off, I wimped out (shame really) and installed DesktopBSD as I was already at least 'glance' familiar with KDE from Ubuntu Linux. This gave me some confidence. The slo