Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:22:08 -0400 From: Allen Kenner <germaniak@outlook.com> To: FreeBSD Advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Spreading the word Message-ID: <BAY002-W175C8C54FD81A7E06C55E2ADAC0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <504D83DE.1040801@FreeBSD.org> References: <BAY002-W3629FCD6DAD4AAA0B7FB0FADAD0@phx.gbl>, <504D83DE.1040801@FreeBSD.org>
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---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon=2C 10 Sep 2012 07:08:30 +0100 > From: matthew@FreeBSD.org > To: germaniak@outlook.com > CC: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Spreading the word > > On 09/09/2012 22:09=2C Allen Kenner wrote: > > Is anyone here aware of any work being done to make it so that > > Updating=2C Patching=2C and so on=2C on FreeBSD=2C becomes as easy as i= t is > > on PC-BSD? Personally I'm VERY biased towards FreeBSD=2C and I'd switch > > to it completely and no longer even bother much with Linux if I could > > just get it to where I could do security fixes on Ports without > > having to go through such a long process. > > There is this rather shiny little project: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng > > I'd call it quietly revolutionary=2C except that it hasn't been > particularly quiet. There's been plenty of discussion in freebsd-ports@ > and freebsd-current@ as well as what's linked to from that Wiki page. Hello! Thanks so much for the reply=2C I appreciate it. I actually started reading= about this just a little bit yesterday. I'd never even heard of this thing= before=2C and yesterday=2C it was getting kind of late=2C and I came acros= s that and saved the link I was reading so I could pick up where I left off= again today=2C but I didn't have the Wiki link=2C so thanks much for that. >From what I've read=2C it seems to be what I'm looking for=2C and I appreci= ate it very much! =
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