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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/distributions.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/distributions.hlp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..b81efbfa10db6 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/en_US.ISO8859-1/distributions.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +An ``X-'' prefixed before a distribution set means that the XFree86 +3.1.1u1 base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a +set of default fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself. + +If you select such a set, you will also be presented with a set of +menus for customizing the selections to your desired X Window System +setup. + +N.B. All references in this document to `complete source' mean the +complete source tree minus any legally encumbered cryptography code. + +The current "canned" installations are as follows: + +Developer: Base ("bin") distribution, man pages, dictionary + files, profiling libraries and the complete source tree. + + +Kern-Developer: As above, but with only kernel sources instead of + the complete source tree. + + +User: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files and + the FreeBSD 1.x and 2.0 compatibility sets. + + +Minimal: Only the base distribution. + + +Everything: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files, + profiling libraries, the FreeBSD 1.x and the FreeBSD 2.0 + compatibility libraries, the complete source tree, + games and your choice of XFree86 distribution components. + N.B. Still no cryptocraphy source code! + + +Custom: Allows you to modify or create your distribution set on + a piece-by-piece basis. + + +Reset: Clear all currently selected distributions. + + +--- + +When using Custom, most of the sub-distribution choices are fairly +obvious, though two possible exceptions may be the "commerce" and +"xperimnt" distributions: + + * The "commerce" directory, as its name implies, is devoted to + commercial offerings. This includes commercial products released + under special arrangement, limited functionality demos, shareware + products (you like it, you buy it), etc. + + At the time of this writing, there are unfortunately not enough + commercial offerings to justify a fully split distribution set, + so each product is available both as a subdirectory and as part + of one large archive file. If you select "commerce" from the + distributions submenus then you'll get the big file containing + the entire collection copied to your hard disk. Don't do this + unless you've got at least 10MB to devote to it! + + + * The "xperimnt" directory contains, not surprisingly, experimental + offerings. Unfinished (or work-in-progress) features, special + purpose drivers and packages, strange proof-of-concept stuff, + it's a mixed bag! Select this item on a distribution menu and + you'll get the whole collection (between 10 and 30MB). + + + If you're installing from CDROM then all of the commercial and + "experimental" offerings are also easily available in their + individual subdirectories and can be copied to hard disk at + any time. + + +You may also notice that certain distributions, like "des" and "krb", +are marked "NOT FOR EXPORT!" This is because it's illegal to +export them from the United States (or any other country which +considers encryption technology to be on its restricted export +list). Since breaking this law only gets the _originating_ site +(US!) in trouble, please do not load these distributions from U.S. +servers! + +A number of "foreign" servers do exist for the benefit of +non-U.S. sites, one of which is "skeleton.mikom.csir.co.za". + +Please get all such export restricted software from there +if you are outside the U.S., thanks! |