Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:59:45 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4FC74111.10505@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <642DB73D-7DCA-4E6C-838B-7D9B23B3E310@FreeBSD.org> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <642DB73D-7DCA-4E6C-838B-7D9B23B3E310@FreeBSD.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1C0CC455E09ACED9844548D5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 31/05/2012 09:58, David Chisnall wrote: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WhyUseFreeBSD > I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material > (which advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before > I do I'd like to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using > FreeBSD. If you had to list the three things you most like about > FreeBSD, which would you pick? Are they the same as when you first > started using it? Heh. My original reason for ever trying out FreeBSD was that I could install it by downloading only one floppy-disk image. I'll bet that dates me. Anyhow, one point about the ports you don't mention but which I think is a real win, and a real distinguishing feature is the marvellous flexibility it allows. For instance: ever tried to install memcached on various linuxen? When you specifically want memcached-1.4 with the repcached patches? Not easy. It's just an OPTION setting in ports. Easy. I've seen it said by very competent admins that "if you're running software package X as the primary engine of your business then you really should be compiling it yourself from source with your own configuration choices rather than relying on the packages supplied with your distro." Which is quite true. Except, with the ports, you can not only do that, but you don't have to give up on the benefits of using the OS packaging system. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig1C0CC455E09ACED9844548D5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/HQRkACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxbHgCcCTE1t5ywYfVlQYGnvNGQbHCj NAEAnjkS0YmvYKlXw60/JmL6kWhA+QRV =k2OJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1C0CC455E09ACED9844548D5--
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