Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Kalle Møller
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread APseudoUtopia
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:39 PM, 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 I'm sure they're bo

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Paul Procacci
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

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Neal Hogan
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.

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Adam Vandemore
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". Howev

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Charles Howse
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

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Chris Hill
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,

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Adam Vandemore
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 freeb

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Gene
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 > _

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Gene
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 be

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread RW
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:06:31 -0500 Paul Procacci 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 switch from csup to p

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Garance A Drosihn
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. Unfortun

RE: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-20 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
> 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 > > O

RE: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
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 i

Old slow computers can still crank away (Formerly RE: Portsnap vs CSup)

2009-03-20 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
> 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 > > > > > compil

Re: Old slow computers can still crank away (Formerly RE: Portsnap vs CSup)

2009-03-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
> > > 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 w

Re: Old slow computers can still crank away (Formerly RE: Portsnap vs CSup)

2009-03-20 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:12:12 -0400, Sean Cavanaugh 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 FAST. > > > I