Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:59:40 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <20200218205940.04917783.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjm%2Bav5Ky5dVV9vuuSpW%2Bpw2AcpzhC1aWfHP=iKNmuWXVA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> <20200218183010.5a52441f.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAFYkXjm%2Bav5Ky5dVV9vuuSpW%2Bpw2AcpzhC1aWfHP=iKNmuWXVA@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:48:51 +0100, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > Hello Poly :-) > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 6:31 PM Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > On desktop systems, especially those including web browsers > > and so-called "productivity software" (i. e., office suites), > > security is far more important, as new approaches to broken > > software concepts and flaky hardware (yes, I'm looking at > > you, Mister Intelprocessor!) and their exploitation are > > being invented very quickly. So the OS has to provide the > > optimal solutions for mitigation. A faster release cycle > > surely helps a lot. Newer security flaws probably require > > methods of dealing with them that cannot be easily ported > > to older releases, so that's probably the reason why they > > are not supported that long. > > Sure thing, this is why there are PATCH updates every time they are > important for kernel and base security / stability / other fixes > reasons.. also ports provide their own "on demand" updates that are > separate from base :-) Exactly! This, in combination with the "testing and refinement" process HEAD -> STABLE -> RELEASE, allows FreeBSD to be such a versatile operating system: Not only is it _not_ tied to a specific kidn of use (a desktop, a server, an appliance), but one OS can be used for all those cases, and even for "mixed forms", such as a desktop machine providing server functions; it also allows you to have _one_ OS and still choose if you want to follow an experimental, a bleeding-edge, or a rock solid state of the system. And whatever you choose, you get the full power of all the applications in the ports collection (wuth a few restrictions). Maybe I'm just stupid and ignorant, but what other OS families can offer all this? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20200218205940.04917783.freebsd>