Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:17:20 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: doug@fledge.watson.org Cc: Claude Menski <claude.menski@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I like Ubuntu Message-ID: <86tzvjz2dr.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org> (doug@safeport.com's message of "Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:00:03 -0400 (EDT)") References: <2a4057fc0704131021t60249c62k4107ee6cf9f1fb8f@mail.gmail.com> <86mz1ckqlc.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070413183656.E73976@fledge.watson.org>
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doug@safeport.com writes: > First my experience with [Free]BSD as a server completely mirrors > Dag-Erling's observation, it [mostly] just works. I started with BSDI > switching to FreeBSD around 3.5. I think it is also true that > depending on your hardware a FreeBSD workstation or laptop can be a > bit of a challenge. My issues with FreeBSD as a desktop mostly come from the difficulty of installing software and keeping it up-to-date: 'pkg_add -r' and 'portupgrade -aP' simply can't hold a candle to 'apt-get install' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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