From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 19 20:28:47 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E29D1126150 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:28:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CD438AD4B for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.242.165]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue011 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1N4yuK-1fQZzV3lPo-010skh; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:28:38 +0100 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:28:37 +0100 From: Polytropon To: MikaelNikolaev Cc: MikaelNikolaev via freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Future of FreeBSD: Software Store? 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Yes. It is called "The Ports Collection" and consists of several 1000s of software products ported to FreeBSD. You can build them from source or use pre-compiled (binary) packages which is very convenient. The interface to do this is the command line tool "pkg". To install something, for example, you run # pkg install foo as root to install the "foo" software. If you have installed the ports tree locally, you can also use "make " to search for specific software, for example: # cd /usr/ports # make search name="foo" # make search key="foo" To obtain the ports tree, the "portsnap" program is the easiest way. It _can_ be used to install software from source, but it can also serve as a source of information for further use with "pkg". > I believe the biggest issue with FreeBSD, is that it seems very > difficult to install new software onto it or otherwise learn the > ins and outs of the OS. I don't think so. Instead of searching the web, manually downloading arbitrary stuff, or using the "curl | sudo bash" approach, and still ending up with something that doesn't really work on your system (because it was constructed to work on a similar, but slightly different system), FreeBSD's "pkg" is one of the easiest ways to install software. It keeps track of required dependencies, and you can even use it to keep your software up to date - no need to enter each program manually and rely on its own updating mechanism. > I believe everything should be easily accessible within the OS > itself, instead of having to browse for links and commands on > an Ubuntu or even Windows 10 machine. Definitely true. This is what "pkg" is for. You'll also find locally installed documentation ("man pkg"), as well as sub-manuals for the pkg subcommands (for example, "man pkg-install"). > I believe a lot of good can come from an easy-to-use, text-only > and productivity focused OS and I hope FreeBSD will be that in > the future!. On servers, this is what many sysadmins are doing for decades. And FreeBSD can also make an excellent desktop, for work, or at home, for programming, for gaming, for audio/video editing... At least for me, FreeBSD has been that system for many years. ;-) > Many people nowadays are distracted by social media and the > sheer amount of 'things to do' that they forget about the > meaningful things in life and getting actual work done. This is a problem in work environments where physical presence is valued more than getting actual work done. "Work smart, not hard" often doesn't pay. A quick solution for social media distraction is to block the few big relevant providers, because without Internet access, social media doesn't work - and this approach is totally OS-agnostic. :-) The "things to do" problem, in my opinion, is based on the wrong use of means of communication: Asynchonous communication such as email is misunderstood as synchronous and immediate communication; inboxes are flooded with nonsense (like "mail to all" settings), and people often cannot understand how to use email in an efficient way where their work could benefit from. On the other hand, you have social media, messenger services, paper memos, and workers are bombarded with "things to do". Those who cannot assign priorities, "scan & sort", or those who have a PHB infront of them who urges them to read everything because it _might_ be possible something important is buried in the endless chain of top-postings of course cannot be very productive... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...