Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:42:14 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of FreeBSD: Software Store? Message-ID: <88ba662f-d0fc-b0b5-55ea-372ac13ff79b@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20181120012705.1ebe077b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <7KXlAqoenASqkpmnwan1p63B8CD_twTu3fvyPu8Dc-3kLR4zFdyxZ9TSguWgfZ620s24xmkYQC7wJm0trftQ1j93i0rB4GguxNlvBY6C2OE=@protonmail.com> <20181119212837.d3a4dcff.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAFYkXjk3TDZe6tszYqHsFYhVNJRXn3o=HSHN6UAFRvSfVHwVQA@mail.gmail.com> <CALeGphwzQrHwB5TLruvMp2FDwev8mvEDxMSVkxHRyYZW03sqXQ@mail.gmail.com> <c2509bd6-4e30-fe16-736c-5a4e8a4ecab8@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20181120012705.1ebe077b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 11/19/18 6:27 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:56:53 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> >> >> On 11/19/18 3:41 PM, Jack L. wrote: >>> me too! >>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:41 PM CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am using FreeBSD on Servers and Desktops for more than 15 years, what I >>>> reeeeeaaallly like is that I have the same shell/commandline utils and the >>>> same configuration mechanisms all the time becuase they work just fine, and >>>> there is no reason to channge that :-) >> >> Same here. > > For me, FreeBSD is the primary OS not just on servers, > but also on the desktop and on laptops - the platforms > where "everyone" claims it's impossible to use it, and > for the purposes claimed to be unsuitable. :-) > Apart from servers my workstation runs FreeBSD, and laptop by default boots into FreeBSD. I do have two more systems on it: Windows (10) and Debian Linux. And the same is laptop of one developer (I mostly support that laptop when sysadmin's hand in necessary). Valeri > > >> When they were teaching me programming, one of the fundamental >> principles was: do not make any changes unless they are absolutely >> necessary. > > It's also a very helpful core concept everywhere user data > is involved: If you don't need it, don't ask for it. And > don't store it. Data should become a liability, not an asset. > That's why you don't need to register with "Facebook" when > you want to use FreeBSD. ;-) > > > >> This principle is not followed these days wherever I look >> (No: Mate desktop team does, that's why i like it). > > In environments where programmers are paid by the lines of > code they emit, or where PHBs get promotions depending on > how many changes they propose, this principle doesn't fit. > Sadly, its opposite seems to become a general attitude in > many places where software is either created or used... > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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