Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:56:23 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to kill FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <20070330035623.GA79572@xor.obsecurity.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. > > Compared to Debian GNU/Linux's "apt-get update && apt-get dist upgrade" command, OR OpenBSD's "pkg-add -u" > > >From OpenBSD's man page for "pkg_add": > > -u Update the given pkgname(s), and anything it depends upon. If > no pkgname is given, pkg_add will update all installed packages. > This relies on PKG_PATH to figure out the new package names. portupgrade -P If you think that openbsd's binary packages are available any faster than FreeBSD's you're probably deluding yourself. But, use whatever OS makes you happy. Kris
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