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