Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:08:19 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <05112EEC-7FA3-4E18-974B-263A58058E01@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com>
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> On Feb 18, 2020, at 5:00 AM, @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> wrote: >=20 > On 17 Feb 2020, at 20:23, Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: >> Why so short End-Of-Life? Why so many fast and short releases? What = for? >=20 > This was vcovered a few years ago (well, =E2=80=9Cfew=E2=80=9D when = the new timelines were being discussed. >=20 >> What was wrong with having one well tested stable system for a long = time? >=20 > The need to ensure systems are running secure software and are not = trivially exploitable. >=20 >> FreeBSD does not seem to be reliable desktop environment >=20 > True for ever non-Apple Unix variant. Most (that is to say nearly all) = FreeBSD installs are non0desktop servers. >=20 I have workstation (desktop) running FreeBSD. One of the systems my = Laptop runs is FreeBSD as well. Nothing unreliable about both. And from = what is said on this list, I=E2=80=99m not the only one. Valeri >=20 >=20 > --=20 > I WILL NOT CARVE GODS Bart chalkboard Ep. 8F11 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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