Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:51:36 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports system quality Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK14RDBvRN4yuWp2GUQYqLVyHsDzqo8VNRFJnsa2t0%2BgHw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110829204427.GA63528@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20110829204427.GA63528@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr>wrote: > > > Any discussion on such subjects should begin by switching off the reality > distortion field. For *my own experience* Ubuntu works perfectly OK, in > particular all the hardware on my laptop works, suspend works, i have > zero problem keeping the "ports" updated, etc. It is the completely no > fuss solution. Wether FreeBSD needs to go in a direction or another is a > different subject, but *please* be objective in your descriptions. > I can cite more anecdotal evidence to the contrary but that will just perpetuate this infinite regression. > is a sentence you can easily apply to any modern system. And most users > could not care less that there is *bloat* on their hard disk. Anyways > you can find a functional and installable desktop Ubuntu system > on a simple CDROM, show me the same for FreeBSD and i will happily > conclude it is less bloated. > ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd/9.0-BETA1.5/i386/PCBSD9.0-BETA1.5-x86-CD.iso Your other concerns are just as easily answered if you look. -- Adam Vande More
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