From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 01:34:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57134128 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:34:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from quine.pinyon.org (quine.pinyon.org [65.101.5.249]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BEFC2B1F for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:34:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by quine.pinyon.org (Postfix, from userid 122) id 9B1371603D6; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:34:17 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on quine.pinyon.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from feyerabend.n1.pinyon.org (feyerabend.n1.pinyon.org [10.0.10.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by quine.pinyon.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A27A5160115 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:34:12 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <53EC1214.9020505@pinyon.org> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:34:12 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? References: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> <20140813213718.4814f58c@arch> In-Reply-To: <20140813213718.4814f58c@arch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:34:19 -0000 On 08/13/14 17:37, Thiago Barroso Perrotta wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 > Craig Rodrigues wrote: > >> Thiago, >> >> I really liked the blog articles you wrote: >> >> http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/here-be-dragons-freebsd-overview-part-i/ >> http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/here-be-packages-freebsd-overview-part-ii/ >> >> and you have very good suggestions. >> >> You seem like a very positive person, and are willing to make good >> suggestions and contributions. >> >> We (FreeBSD community) should take your suggestions, because you are >> a newcomer, so you are seeing things with fresh eyes. >> >> I am a bit busy these days, but would you have time to maybe help me >> write some HOWTO's for >> FreeBSD, especially things that help people migrate from Linux to >> FreeBSD? >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> Craig > > Hi Craig, > ​​ > Thanks. I guess we can work that out, feel free to e-mail me and tell > what you have in mind whenever you like. > I love this idea. I recently moved back to FreeBSD after 14 years on debian, and was shocked at how great poudriere + pkg is for maintaining a consistent set of packages for a cluster of systems. (I know it's pitiful compared to the cloud, but I've got 3 FreeBSD and 3 debian-testing atm, and two of those debians are in danger of forced religious conversion. :-) The main reason I moved to debian in the first place is I was working in high user-space and I needed "office" apps (egads) working consistently and reliably through upgrades, and the ports system then was not up to the job. It is now! Basically, poudriere + pkg is debian apt-file + apt-cache + apt-get + approx with the added benefit of site specific, port-specific options. Maybe like arch? So I would be very willing to contribute to this project, if that makes sense. Best, Russell (what list should this move to? Perhaps ports?)