Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
Before I answer to this question, I cannot help noting that you don't
*HAVE* to compile everything from source. In fact, if you install a
RELEASE version of FreeBSD and use pkg_add to install the binary,
precompiled packages of just the applications you are going to
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
Indeed, packages-4-stable, packages-4.10-release on ftp.freebsd.org
don't include openoffice. A search at google though yields:
http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/
which does list FreeBSD packages of OO-1.0.3 and OO-1.1.0 :-)
Which is not 1.1.1 or the latest 1.1.2.
Hi all,
I must say that I was initially interested in the idea of building
software from source - but I am kind of loosing it.
Certainly, it allows you to compile with the compiler options you want,
you are able to optimize the binaries for your CPU, but: does it really
matter? Are the speed
Hi all,
I must say that I was initially interested in the idea of building
software from source - but I am kind of loosing it.
Certainly, it allows you to compile with the compiler options you want,
you are able to optimize the binaries for your CPU, but: does it really
matter? Are the speed
Grauwmans Steven wrote:
Linux is UNIX, but why is Fedora Core a Linux and FreeBSD a UNIX?
I searched on the internet for an answer, but after visiting 10 sites I
gave up.
If U could please help me, I'm getting confused.
Linux is a kernel. Fedora uses this kernel, and therefore is a Linux
Hi all,
a newbie question: I have just installed X11 (Xfree86 4.3), KDE (3.2.2)
and Firebird (0.8), and surfing works very well. Compared to my Windows
machine however, I think that the fonts look less appealing to what I am
used to.
So I need a pointer - is this due to
1) the video driver? the
