Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:23:23 +0200 From: Raimo Niskanen <raimo+freebsd@erix.ericsson.se> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? Message-ID: <20170720072323.GA93821@erix.ericsson.se> In-Reply-To: <20170720044136.GA9146@localhost> References: <CAN7_dzeDRZvH_wqZFmq6vxC%2BAdxwc-inuV8BVVmevs0xVbTpag@mail.gmail.com> <20170720044136.GA9146@localhost>
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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 <https://stable.mtier.org>; 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
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