Re: FreeBSD vs Linux

2006-01-18 Thread Tim Greening-Jackson
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:15 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the essential difference > between FreeBSD and Linux (Fedora for instance)? I have been following this thread (and similar ones over the past few weeks) and would like to offer my perspective on the "FreeBSD versus Linux" discus

Can someone please repost the fix for installing OpenOffice on FreeBSD 6.0

2006-01-05 Thread Tim Greening-Jackson
Hello there. I am trying to install Open Office on my new FreeBSD workstation, and have downloaded the appropriate BZ2 file from OpenOffice.org and unzipped it. Now when I ask pkg_add to add it I get the following: tordella# pkg_add OOo_SRC680_m146_FreeBSD60Intel_install_en-GB.tar pkg_add: c

Printing from FreeBSD 6.0 client to Fedora Core 4 server via CUPS/LPD

2006-01-04 Thread Tim Greening-Jackson
v = server = /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd server_args = -o document-format=application/octet-stream } I'd be grateful for any advice anyone has. Many thanks in advance. Tim Greening-Jackson Manchester, UK ___ freebsd-ques

RE: backups spanning tapes help

2005-12-26 Thread Tim Greening-Jackson
I believe you should use the "M" flag. # tar cvfM /dev/foo . or some such. But that was a long time ago, on an operating system far away. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent > Sent: 26 December 2005 13:05 > To: free