Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 06:36:20 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Wesley <wesley@freenetMail.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <20200608063620.244f5aee.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <0fee3973-287b-c2da-8443-92403aa90881@freenetMail.de> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200608051434.ca70e5c5.freebsd@edvax.de> <0fee3973-287b-c2da-8443-92403aa90881@freenetMail.de>
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 12:07:08 +0800, Wesley wrote: > > > On 2020/6/8 上午 11:14, Polytropon wrote: > >> what are their use scenes then? > > Oversimplified: NetBSD is the candidate for "runs everywhere", > > so it's very useful for embedded systems and "strange" hardware > > platforms; OpenBSD has security as primary goal, that makes it > > perfect for servers; FreeBSD is also used for embedded, servers, > > and desktops. In an attempt to summarize, all the BSDs can be > > used for almost everything - from embedded, to laptops, desktops, > > servers, and "combined forms". In reality, you_will_ find BSDs > > in all those places, and you will also find them in places where > > you don't know there is a BSD running, for example in routers, > > managed switches, NAS, WLAN APs, firewall and other networking > > appliances. They are also used as development platforms for a > > lot of other systems. > > > Thank you so much Polytropon. > > Do these three have difference on package management? Yes. They use their own package creation and distribution system. However, those systems work "somewhat similar". https://www.freebsd.org/ports/ https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html https://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html The you use are of course a bit different, but technically, they aim to achieve the same goals. The system TrueOS, ex PC-BSD, derived from FreeBSD, had its own format: PBI = push button install, which was a kind of "everything in one file -> into one subdirectory". > For example, Ubuntu use apt, Centos use yum for package management. > Though their main purpose are similar, but usage is different. Exactly. The same applies for the BSDs. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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