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mohitchawla
February 19th, 2009, 01:13 PM
Cause of excitement :
1) HAMMER can be used without any fear. It is stable !
2) DVD iso with X and a lot of packages.
3) USB image !

1) and 3) do it for me. Damn excited !
handy
February 19th, 2009, 01:16 PM
Mathew Dillon is a coding wizard!

He was doing for the Amiga way back when. ;)
jimi_hendrix
February 19th, 2009, 01:19 PM
whats dragonfly bsd's spin on things...i was just about to install netbsd actually...
mohitchawla
February 19th, 2009, 01:29 PM
whats dragonfly bsd's spin on things...i was just about to install netbsd actually...

Well, its a new project (relatively) and and the progress they are making is just awesome. Plus, their HAMMER file system is pretty interesting and new, of course. Check out the website to get more details Also, a USB disk image is really good news. Very progressive !
mohitchawla
February 19th, 2009, 01:31 PM
Mathew Dillon is a coding wizard!

He was doing for the Amiga way back when. ;)

Didn't know that ! All the more excited now.
mips
February 19th, 2009, 07:10 PM
I think I'm going to try this one out on my laptop.

I looked at their website but I can't seem to find a list of available packages?
ddnev45
February 19th, 2009, 07:16 PM
whats dragonfly bsd's spin on things...i was just about to install netbsd actually...

They continued with the 4.x series BSD.

http://www.dragonflybsd.org/history/
mohitchawla
February 19th, 2009, 08:24 PM
I think I'm going to try this one out on my laptop.

I looked at their website but I can't seem to find a list of available packages?

ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/packages/DragonFly-2.2.0/

That's from a Japan mirror. So..maybe try a nearer mirror which keeps the packages ? Couldn't find a text list though. ;)
handy
February 19th, 2009, 11:06 PM
I think I'm going to try this one out on my laptop.

I looked at their website but I can't seem to find a list of available packages?

The BSD guys are talking about it in the new Other OS Talk forum linked to in my sig'. ;-)

Here is the thread:

http://grubbn.org/otheros/showthread.php?tid=30
mips
February 20th, 2009, 09:39 AM
ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/packages/DragonFly-2.2.0/

That's from a Japan mirror. So..maybe try a nearer mirror which keeps the packages ? Couldn't find a text list though. ;)

Thanks but I have already gone to the mirrors. I'm looking for something with a friendlier web interface where I don't have to dig through folders.
mips
February 20th, 2009, 09:41 AM
The BSD guys are talking about it in the new Other OS Talk forum linked to in my sig'. ;-)

Here is the thread:

http://grubbn.org/otheros/showthread.php?tid=30

Thanks. I will have a look and sign up sometime over the weekend ;)