Hmm.. I installed bsd4.2 today on an old pentium 100 w/64 megs
of ram, and I was quite surprised to see gnome :) It does run pretty
slow though. I also installed Mandrake 7.2 on a machine that is
only 33 mhz faster, but seems to run much much faster than the
bsd box. I must say it does run fine untill you startx. Upgrading
doesnt sound like much fun :(
Jamie
On 2 Dec 2000, at 8:27, Timothy Howe wrote:
> The updateing and rebuilding of a FreeBSD system can be extremely time
> consuming depending on if you already have a source checkout on your hard
> drive... Arbitrary applications that you have installed from ports (or
> packages) will not be updated with a make world operation, only those
> parts of FreeBSD that are in the base system. Updating your ports tree or
> installing the latest package if something dousn't work isn't too hard,
> though. Before doing anything, you should read the handbook sections on
> CVSup, Anonymous CVS, kernel compilation... ANd remember, grabbing the
> source over the web can take all night or longer over dialup, if you have
> a high speed connection, you are much better off. Also building the
> system after a checkout can take many hours. Make sure that updating is
> worth the effort before you do anything. The latest FreeBSD is 4.2 and I
> haven't noticed much difference..
>
> Tim
>
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Leo Clark wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm running FreeBSD 4.1 on my server. I installed off a CD a friend burnt
> > for me like a day or two after 4.1 came out. Since then I haven't done
> > any updating. I though I would try my hand at a CVS update. My question
> > is this. If something /has/ been updated since I installed will the
> > installed copy of the program be updated? Do I need to uninstall and
> > reinstall to get the new version? Do I install on top of what was
> > there? Is there a better way to keep track of all my software and make
> > sure it's up to date? Thanks.
> >
> > --------------<<<((((((0))))))>>>--------------
> > "User - a technical term used by computer pros. See idiot."
> > Leo Clark
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
