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August Issue of Daemon News Now Live
questionlp writes: "The great writers and editors of Daemon News has just released the August issue of the Daemon News e-Zine. The topics covered this month include: the NetBSD rc.d system, two security guides aimed at FreeBSD, the monthly Answerman Q&A section, and tuning of a FreeBSD system for high-performance."
Can FreeBSD be installed from an ext2 partition ?
Installed *from* an ext2 partition? Hmmm... No, I don't think so. Ext2 is not enabled by default on the boot kernels. However, there are still about a dozen ways to install it. From MS-DOS, QIC, NFS, FTP, floppies, and the cdrom. I have installed from ftp, and it works quite nicely. If you have a good connection, I would try that.
Does StarOffice 5.2 work under FreeBSD ?
Yes. It's what I use until KOffice gets finished.
Is there a journaling file system (or something equivalent) in FreeBSD ? If yes how can you use it ?
SoftUpdates is an option for FreeBSD UFS file systems. It's not a true journaling FS, but it has most of the features one would want. Simply turn it one when you create your UFS partitions.
I heard that the file system is slow compared to Linux. Is that true ?
Unless you're running benchmarks are copying 20,000 tiny files, you won't be able to tell the difference. Seriously. But if you do want good benchmark numbers, then turn on SoftUpdates.
How much space would take a typical installation ? (for desktop usage)
What do you need for an equivalent Linux install? Use the same numbers, and give your take a 100K. On my system right now I'm using 2.7 Gigs, and that's the OS, KDE, full sources, backups, mp3's, wallpapers, etc. You could definitely fit a desktop system comfortably into 1-2G.
How easy is upgrading from one release to the next ? (As opposed to reinstalling from scratch)
If you're not adverse to reading the documentation, it's not hard at all. I've never done a "binary" upgrade, but an upgrade building from source is relatively straightforward (if you RTFM).
Is it possible to "update" the port collection that comes with a release to get the latest versions of software ?
Of course! I use cvsup to update my ports on a weekly basis. Then I run pkg_version to see what's new, and portupgrade to update any ports.
A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned
No, because I was all busy chillin in the clubs with Taco.
Saw this girl at the club. She had on these really cool black, sparkly pants and a really great ass. I walk up to her and tell her her pants were really cool and she thanks me and she seems really nice and we find out that we're both rolling our asses off. So I tell her that not only are her pants cool but also, that she has a great ass. She laughs, thanks me, and says she appreciates my comment because she works out and a lot on her ass, specifically. So I ask her if I can touch it. She laughs again and says "My ass? OK." So I put my hand on her butt and gave a firm squeeze. I got a handful of the most beautiful, bubbly, firm ass I've ever seen or felt (understand that I'm a butt guy, as stupid as that sounds). "Oh my god," I say and she laughs again. So we get to talking and I find out that she's going to go to the other club we're about to go to. "Maybe I'll see you there," I say and me and my friends go.
I see her at the other club and go to talk to her but it looks like she's with a guy who looks like he's her boyfriend so I just say hi in passing.
So maybe CmdrTaco is right, that drugs are bad. Because that's one of the downsides of rolls...your mack is both on and off...hard to explain.
If I see her again, I'm definitely getting her number...or another handful...or both.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK