Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:26:03 -0500 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to kill FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <20070329232603.GA34396@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20070329234634.c12b803b.coolzone@io.dk> References: <20070329234634.c12b803b.coolzone@io.dk>
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:46:34PM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > Hi All. > > I have been using FreeBSD as a desktop system, on serveral computers > for about one and a half year now. I truly love FreeBSD! But keeping > third party ports/packages updated is just to timeconsuming IMHO. > > Building everything from ports is ok, on a quick machine, but even on > a quick machine building KDE takes a LOT of time. Waiting until the > stable packages are ready takes about 2 - 3 weeks, and until then, a > lot of other stuff needs to be updated. > perhaps you'd like PC-BSD? -- Regards, Doug
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