From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 22:14:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C51106566C for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:14:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 641818FC19 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:14:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-59-134.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.59.134]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 960CD3CE2E; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:14:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n76MEFjd001600; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:14:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:14:15 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20090807001415.e3c86b62.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090806025100.GA79700@thought.org> References: <20090805174038.GA19895@thought.org> <20090806025100.GA79700@thought.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: foot-shot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:14:23 -0000 On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:51:00 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > Been thinking over what someone said recently about restricting or > dropping further ports. BSD is the best opensource system around. But > keeping everything current is painful. If you're not running a public or mission critical server - then don't do it. I've used a 5.4 installation for many years without any problems, and without the need to update something. But I'm crazy anyway. :-) > Does anybody know if PCBSD is as > pushbutton as, say, Ubuntu is? Quite. You won't have major problems because English already is your native language. If you're comfortable with KDE and will be using the PBI installer (read: "Push Button Installer"), it can be a fine system. Even OS updates are distributed in PBI format. > I'll always use FreeBSD on my DNS, > apache22, and mail server side. Zero crashes in 7 years. But if I want > to play music or watch a DVD--or do serious web video stuff--I use Ubuntu. "Serious web video stuff" - how many contradictions does this statement include? :-) No, seriously: Especially if you rely on "Flash", Linux doesn't seem to be as... well... problematic? as FreeBSD. > I'd like to say kilowatts by having one "tao" that can handle everything > from hacking code to playing a movie. That's FreeBSD to me since 4.0, but I have to admit that my needs haven't yet grown to all the "modern web media" stuff... -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...