Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:26:43 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <20200219052643.7bd90d3c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20200218205940.04917783.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> <20200218205940.04917783.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:59:40 +0100, Polytropon stated: >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? :-) That is, of course, based on the assumption that you can even get the OS to install and run. <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666>; -- Jerry
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