First of all, let me thank everyone who has responded to my questions
on this mailing list.
Hi Giorgos,
I've been meaning to respond to this post for a couple of days, but it
took me a little longer than I originally hoped...
Thank you for taking time to write a detailed response.
This may
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:15:07 -0700, Krishna Mohan Gundu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
2) Is it possible to compile multiple versions of gcc? If so what is
the best way to do it?
Yes, of course.
The base system of FreeBSD includes _one_ version of gcc, installed as
`/usr/bin/gcc', but this does
Polytropon wrote:
4) If a binary update leads to an unstable system, how easy it is to
backtrack to an earlier working version along with working config
files?
An update set provided via freebsd-update should not render a system
unstable / unusable; at least it's possible that the system is
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:01:14 +0200, Polytropon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:20:08 -0400, Krishna Mohan Gundu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
5) Does FreeBSD have support for PCMCIA-USB cards?
Don't know.
Yes.
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:20:08 -0400, Krishna Mohan Gundu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi,
I am currently using Fedora Core 4 linux distribution for my everyday
needs like programming, checking emails etc on my two year old HP
laptop. I feel that time has come for me to move away from Fedora. I
Hi!
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:20:08 -0400, Krishna Mohan Gundu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
1) Is a feature similar to magic SysRq in linux necessary for FreeBSD?
(As I understand there is no such feature in FreeBSD)
As far as I know, most window managers are able to be configured in
a way that you
Krishna Mohan Gundu wrote:
I feel that time has come for me to move away from Fedora.
PS: I am considering Debian as another alternative.
I've done both Red Hat and Debian, and prefer FreeBSD. I suggest that you get
yourself some 7.0-RELEASE CD's, buy this book, and go for it:
