Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:56:36 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <op.wff4cmek8527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> In-Reply-To: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> References: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com>
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:57:52 +0200, Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> wrote: > We used to have FreeBSD exclusively on desktops... > > Now, we have migrated to other desktops (mac) with FreeBSD running > the build and file server... > > Why? > > Because - the mac updates itself! No pain, no installation, > no keeping-up with mailing lists/announcements, just <click> and its > done. > > Mac OS has a nice X11 server, the Mac UI is good enough, you don't > have to install/update anything, the "app store" is perfect > for downloading/installing whatever a desktop user might need. > > It was just too alluring... > > So, FreeBSD runs our NFS file server, and we log into a larger > FreeBSD machine to do builds, etc... but, the desktop has moved. > > One developer here uses Linux Debian for about the same reason, > it's trivial to update (via the network) to new versions, etc... > > Our web site used to be FreeBSD-based, but it was just too > cost-effective to get a virtual Linux box on the backbone and > move everything to that. Our requirements aren't too big, so > that works beautifully. There _are_ people doing virtual > FreeBSD boxes in a similar fashion, but they were quote a lot > more for the annual fee.. so, Linux it was... > > I suppose, in some sense, you could argue that MacOS is FreeBSD... > > - Dave Rivers - Have you already tried pc-bsd? http://www.pcbsd.org/ FreeBSD with easy install and auto-update. Ronald.
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