Re: [Lilux-help] FreeBSD, compile from source and Distributions

Michael Scherer wrote: I know that. However, packages are not centralized and not always available. I tried to find a package for OOO 1.1.1 or 1.1.2, and that prooved to be impossible, although a big product like OOO *should* be available as a binary. In the FreeBSD world, packages are not universally accepted and available, although there is support for them. "Compile from source" is the usual answer. Again, I read the handbook, and BTW also "The complete FreeBSD". Linux emulation is not complete, and even less for software written for 2.6 kernels. And it always feels like running Win16 programs on OS/2: you know that you are going to be out of the game one day or another. This is commercial support for the OS. What I was trying to say is things like commercial, or at least non-open source drivers for hardware and user applications which can complete a lack of open source software. FreeBSD certainly lacks those. Regards, -pu