Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:33:02 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd - for the win Message-ID: <86eigdx6vl.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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I'm working on a project for my client, and I spent the better part of two days trying to get my laptop running OSX to have the right combination of BerkeleyDB and Perl modules to build what I wanted. Turns out my Perl 5.10.1 install was incompatible with BerkeleyDB on OSX, but the macports version 5.8.9 was also in the wrong path, ugh. Finally, I said "hey, freebsd would do better here". Within a half day, I had a freebsd VMWare image up and running, executing precisely the code I wanted, and I was able to take my development to the next round. FreeBSD. The Ports Just Work. Nothing else like it. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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