Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-03 Thread 1126
Quoting Chris rac...@makeworld.com: Outstanding, thank you. Curious though, how is Gnome looking these days (meaning, is it v3 or 2.x). I have read of the craziness of 3 and the introduction of Unity (albeit that is ubuntu). If 3 is used (or when) I assume it would be closer to what I

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread mikel king
On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:34 AM, Chris wrote: Hi I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm considering moving back. Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update the system. What will pull me back is if there is an equivalent

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 03 February 2012 12:34:57 Chris wrote: Hi I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm considering moving back. Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update the system. What will pull me back is if there is an

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Chris
Allow me to apologize for top posting. I am familliar with pkg_add. I guess I'm more concerned with updating userland when sec fixes ate released. Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: Erich Dollansky erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:44 pm Subject: Possible

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Chris
Heya Mikel! Yeah, its been a spell. Lookin to climb back onboard. Talk soon. Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: mikel king mikel.k...@olivent.com Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:40 pm Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD To: Chris rac...@makeworld.com Cc: FreeBSD questions

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 03 February 2012 12:49:41 Chris wrote: Allow me to apologize for top posting. where should be the problem? I am familliar with pkg_add. I guess I'm more concerned with updating userland when sec fixes ate released. portupgrade -P or -PP will do the job then. Erich Sent

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Chris rac...@makeworld.com wrote: I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm considering moving back. Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update the system. What will pull me back is if there is

Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD

2012-02-02 Thread Chris
Outstanding, thank you. Curious though, how is Gnome looking these days (meaning, is it v3 or 2.x). I have read of the craziness of 3 and the introduction of Unity (albeit that is ubuntu). If 3 is used (or when) I assume it would be closer to what I currently have under Sid (and that would be