Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:51:12 -0600 From: "Chris" <racerx@makeworld.com> To: "=?utf-8?B?bWlrZWwga2luZw==?=" <mikel.king@olivent.com> Cc: =?utf-8?B?RnJlZUJTRCBxdWVzdGlvbnM=?= <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Possible move back to FreeBSD Message-ID: <7F.73.00665.ED57B2F4@cm-omr4>
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Heya Mikel! Yeah, its been a spell. Lookin to climb back onboard. Talk soon. Sent from my HTC. ----- Reply message ----- From: "mikel king" <mikel.king@olivent.com> Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:40 pm Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD To: "Chris" <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: "FreeBSD questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:34 AM, Chris wrote: > Hi > > I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm considering moving back. > > Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to update the system. > > What will pull me back is if there is an equivalent to use. I do not intend on custom kernels, and I don't intend on using ports (it was the many hours spent keeping the ports tree current along with installed ports). > > If someone would suggest the material to read and perhaps a synopsis of the process, I would be happy to do the leg work. > > TIA > Chris Hey Chris, Good to see you again after all this time. I always found the port fetch process dead easy for keeping things up to date. I honestly doubt much has changed since you last used FreeBSD. However I've been playing around with PC-BSD and their PBI system to be pretty good. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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