From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 20 07:23:37 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C16DAAAE4 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:23:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raimo+freebsd@erix.ericsson.se) Received: from sessmg22.ericsson.net (sessmg22.ericsson.net [193.180.251.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC04A83D2D for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:23:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raimo+freebsd@erix.ericsson.se) X-AuditID: c1b4fb3a-bea2a9c000001b2f-d5-59705a6edc6c Received: from ESESSHC009.ericsson.se (Unknown_Domain [153.88.183.45]) by sessmg22.ericsson.net (Symantec Mail Security) with SMTP id 62.A7.06959.E6A50795; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from duper.otp.ericsson.se (153.88.183.153) by smtp.internal.ericsson.com (153.88.183.47) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.352.0; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:23 +0200 Received: from duper.otp.ericsson.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duper.otp.ericsson.se (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v6K7NORK095107 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from raimo+freebsd@erix.otp.ericsson.se) Received: (from raimo@localhost) by duper.otp.ericsson.se (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v6K7NNNf095106 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from raimo+freebsd@erix.otp.ericsson.se) X-Authentication-Warning: duper.otp.ericsson.se: raimo set sender to raimo+freebsd@erix.ericsson.se using -f Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:23 +0200 From: Raimo Niskanen To: Subject: Re: Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? Message-ID: <20170720072323.GA93821@erix.ericsson.se> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20170720044136.GA9146@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170720044136.GA9146@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFjrLLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUyM2K7rm5eVEGkwa2fZhYvv25icWD0mPFp PksAYxSXTUpqTmZZapG+XQJXxspTh1kLzrFV3Gy/xt7AuJi1i5GTQ0LARKL98yEgm4tDSOAI o0Tv3GtsEM5GRokfOyeygFQJCbQzSTzZmguReMoosWzPRWaI9hyJt5+OMoHYLAKqEjf3rWcH sdkETCUaf54BWyEioCzx7xpEvbCAscS8BbfAhvIC1XxeP5cJwtaX+LjiFSvEshKJZc2HmCHi ghInZz4Bq2cW0JFYsPsT0HUcQLa0xPJ/HCBhTgE9ie3LP7KDhEVBVn2FmqItMeHNAdYJjMKz kAyahWTQLIRBCxiZVzGKFqcWF+emGxnppRZlJhcX5+fp5aWWbGIEBvLBLb+tdjAefO54iFGA g1GJh9c9tCBSiDWxrLgy9xCjBAezkgivbCBQiDclsbIqtSg/vqg0J7X4EKM0B4uSOK/DvgsR QgLpiSWp2ampBalFMFkmDk6pBsbCeWwbq1p4F1WtmmOvuuB87bQKjmeLPqhXrWqr+L/pqo+Z eLrslMriuTIbD/+QvTvXs9LuKPOqzv/cfsXVT1cdmpDzZTpXUXL8k4XJG89NsDwYVj7t/coD 76/9PC+0J/MC8+n9XqfMRHNENtuk9a87fun5aqVJLKaykdm6YZvVNY03Rumw7ZimxFKckWio xVxUnAgAfdHHoGACAAA= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:23:37 -0000 On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 06:41:36AM +0200, David Gruhk wrote: > On 17.07.18Tue 23:32, SOUL_OF_ROOT 55 wrote: > > Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? > : > FreeBSD has a big advantage compared with NetBSD and OpenBSD: > 3 month long supporting binary packages, > where you get only security and bug fix (quarterly branch). Sorry to feed the OP troll, but I have to correct/expand on that: If you use OpenBSD and (free) openup from M:Tier you get max 1 year (preferably 6 months then upgrade to the next release) of binary security patched base system and packages for the latest and previous releases. > Of course it would be better more months, or overlapping the quarterly packages, > but at the moment the project missing human resources. > -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB