Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 11:57:37 -0600 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <332714B8-2798-42CF-A082-9EDA180CC65B@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <05112EEC-7FA3-4E18-974B-263A58058E01@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> <05112EEC-7FA3-4E18-974B-263A58058E01@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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On 18 Feb 2020, at 07:08, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> = wrote: > I have workstation (desktop) running FreeBSD. But you are in a tiny tiny minority. > And from what is said on this list, I=E2=80=99m not the only one. This list is a tiny tiny minority of FreeBSD users, and even here most = of us are not using desktop FreeBSD. 12/stable is projected for EOL in 2024. Doesn=E2=80=99t seem too short. Considering the amount of security that is need4ed to run a system, the = life cycles are going to be necessarily shorter between needed updates. = The days of sticking a box I a closet and ignoring it for 10 years are, = thankfully, long in the past for any responsible admin. --=20 "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but 'Snowball for Windows=E2=80=99?"
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