Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:06:48 +1000 From: Dylan Leigh <fbsd@dylanleigh.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? Message-ID: <20140726050648.GA14755@exhan.dylanleigh.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407251459370.72188@wonkity.com> References: <CAG=rPVcyqq2072%2BgF_X91BocxykJB6%2BU0cMhaNexxfVFpVqUbA@mail.gmail.com> <CAG=rPVfBcci_fqAKW4j530QVY-OALu51ZjtVoM5n%2BmPg=LJLXQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407251459370.72188@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 03:05:32PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > > >What I'd like to see is an article on freebsd.org either on the wiki > >or in the handbook, which compares using apt, yum, rpm, whatever > >to pkg. Is anyone interested in working on an article like this? > >I don't have the bandwidth right now. > > A person to write that article needs detailed knowledge of pkg and > the Linux package systems. I don't have that, but would be willing > to help you develop an outline for the article. Having a design > like that makes it easier to write when time and resources are > available. My 2 cents as someone who uses both Ubuntu and FreeBSD: I find that pkg is basically identical to using apt. The basic commands are the same. Look&feel and configuration files are different but that is to be expected, and neither require much tweaking. The big difference between them from a user POV is that pkg still requires a bit of knowledge of ports and how it works (what options are, categories etc.) whereas using apt requires no knowledge of the Ubuntu package infrastructure or how .deb files are built. I was already familiar with ports long before Pngng came around, but to a new user migrating from Linux I can see how trying to use pkg while bypassing the ports documentation could result in later confusion. -- Dylan -- Dylan Leigh // VU# s4081906 // www.dylanleigh.net
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