Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:23:09 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: Claude Menski <claude.menski@gmail.com>, doug@fledge.watson.org, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu Message-ID: <20070414182309.GB302@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <86tzvjz2dr.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <86mz1ckqlc.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org> <86tzvjz2dr.fsf@dwp.des.no>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 12:17:20PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > doug@safeport.com writes: > > First my experience with [Free]BSD as a server completely mirrors > > Dag-Erling's observation, it [mostly] just works. I started with BSDI > > switching to FreeBSD around 3.5. I think it is also true that > > depending on your hardware a FreeBSD workstation or laptop can be a > > bit of a challenge. > > My issues with FreeBSD as a desktop mostly come from the difficulty of > installing software and keeping it up-to-date: 'pkg_add -r' and > 'portupgrade -aP' simply can't hold a candle to 'apt-get install' and > 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. What do you find lacking in the FreeBSD approach? I'm a relatively recent transplant from Debian, and my experience is that FreeBSD provides better, more predictable, and more customizable results, without increasing the difficulty or reducing the convenience at all. Granted, I haven't really tried the package-based software management options for FreeBSD in any depth -- I'm mostly installing from source at this point -- but thus far I haven't any reason to expect package-based installation to be any less easily managed than source-based installs. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Amazon.com interview candidate: "When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb."
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070414182309.GB302>