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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux
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Yes, I have same question, if my FreeBSD machine is
not connected to Internet, how do I upgrade my
machine?
there just hasn't a complete package collection which
both includes system and application programs. unlike
Redhat, I can download a new version package and
install it, no matter it's system util or application.
CTM? no, I don't like it, why every time a bug fixed
program should be upgraded from source code? stupid, I
am a user not a computer expert, source code is
meanless for me.


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From: stop here. start everywhere.
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To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>
Cc: Frederik Meerwaldt <frederik@freddym.org>;
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux


> Hi all again,
> 
> Speaking of this subject again, I have read in the
archives that FreeBSD
> has a method of building the whole source tree using
the "make world"
> command. Although this is a nice feature, but isn't
too much risky to
> upgrade the whole system in one shot?
> 
> What if something breaks down after you've
recompiled? Your system would
> be dead. In Linux, on the contrary, there's no such
feature and you'll
> need to take the server anyways to upgrade it, which
seems as a good way
> of doing things. In the meantime, another backup
server can take its
> position. I guess in this fashion, Linux is better
than FreeBSD... or
> did I miss something here?
> 
> /John
> 
> 
> Sergey Babkin wrote:
> > 
> > By the way, speaking of that, things in FreeBSD
tend to be more
> > synchronous with docs than in Linux. Also FreeBSD
has much better
> > backwards compatibility (though alas still not as
good as commercial
> > systems). In Linux the applications tend to break
and require
> > recompilation when the kernel is upgraded to the
next
> > second-digit version.
> > 
> > -SB
> 
> --
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