Re: Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? 7.0 is at BETA3 right now, and 7.0-RELEASE is expected to be an early Christmas present. 6.2 support is slated to end in late spring, IIRC, but since there will be at least one more 6.X release, you should be able to run a 6.X variety and expected to be supported through most of next year (see the Release Engineering team's page and the Security Team's page for more details; SecTeam should have a general EOL policy statement for number of months after a RELEASE, etc.) Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. The Right Way (tm): 1. Update your ports tree. 2. As root, do this: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Kevin Kinsey -- You must dine in our cafeteria. You can eat dirt cheap there ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? 7.0 is at BETA3 right now, and 7.0-RELEASE is expected to be an early Christmas present. 6.2 support is slated to end in late spring, IIRC, but since there will be at least one more 6.X release, you should be able to run a 6.X variety and expected to be supported through most of next year (see the Release Engineering team's page and the Security Team's page for more details; SecTeam should have a general EOL policy statement for number of months after a RELEASE, etc.) Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. The Right Way (tm): 1. Update your ports tree. 2. As root, do this: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Hi, This will fetch in the Xorg dependencies as well, I presume? Thanks, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Zachary Kline wrote: Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? 7.0 is at BETA3 right now, and 7.0-RELEASE is expected to be an early Christmas present. 6.2 support is slated to end in late spring, IIRC, but since there will be at least one more 6.X release, you should be able to run a 6.X variety and expected to be supported through most of next year (see the Release Engineering team's page and the Security Team's page for more details; SecTeam should have a general EOL policy statement for number of months after a RELEASE, etc.) Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. The Right Way (tm): 1. Update your ports tree. 2. As root, do this: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Hi, This will fetch in the Xorg dependencies as well, I presume? Thanks, Zack. AFAIK, yes. YMMV, and all that. I've not used Gnome for a couple years now. KDK -- design, v: What you regret not doing later on. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
