Subject: download size
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Thana Jordan <thanaj@albaraka.co.za>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/31/2005 08:58:13
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how big is it to download netbsd incl. source code.
how big is the packages collection
can anyone explain the benefits of installing packages from source over =
precompiled binaries

Thank you in advance

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Thana Jordan
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