Hi, > What I want to know is the following: Do I get the option of fetching > sources and running through a guided compilation; or do I get binaries > (like Debian) only?
I'd say that installing from the source is part of the phylosophy of FreeBSD. There are pre-compiled packages, but as I see them, they are only designed to be bootstrap, not to be used on a long term basis. Best regards, olivier _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"