Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:57:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Bzdik BSD <bzdik@yahoo.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, "Joel M. Fulton" <jfulton@e3tech.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would like comments and opinions regarding desktop OS switch Message-ID: <20010829035737.18981.qmail@web13601.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010828204725.B11715@hades.hell.gr>
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--- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> It is one of the reasons why I stick with FreeBSD now. Having to
> update a few dozen packages, and all their dependencies in Linux
> tends
> to be a nightmare when you want to compile everything yourself. With
> FreeBSD, it's all a matter of a few commands:
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildworld
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYCONFIG
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYCONFIG
> # reboot [ into single user-mode ]
> # mergemaster
>
> I haven't found yet a Linux distribution (or a commercial Unix, for
> that matter) that can beat this!
# apt-get dist-upgrade
> I haven't mentioned Debian so far. I do not know much about recent
> Debian distributions, since I'm only using FreeBSD for a couple of
> years now. I vaguely recall 'dselect' and horror creeps up my spine,
> when I compare it to the ports. I've heard of apt-get but never used
> it. I'm afraid, I cannot comment on Debian.
to install acroread as example:
# apt-get install acroread
both FreeBSD and Debian are examples of good design. I find *BSDs more
elegant in some ways and Debian in some others. If you need to do Java
development, Debian might be preferred.... yet Solaris for Intel is
also freely available :-)) it's a bit clunky though.
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