Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 12:38:35 -0700 From: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Goodbye Message-ID: <754716b0-f93e-1bb6-105e-5b55a23c2688@wavecable.com> In-Reply-To: <CAM8r67AEbXD3gTPD6p68_i9zESgRK0sv7K92C=z1TSu=Vz8VZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKy4t%2B-1sKV8mTfcgfb2Vqo=h28ns8CtsTzyKPSVBU2W0qreLg@mail.gmail.com> <CAM8r67AEbXD3gTPD6p68_i9zESgRK0sv7K92C=z1TSu=Vz8VZg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/10/21 12:05 PM, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > BSD are general purpose (server, desktop, embedded) system for > advanced and aware users. Default installation won't do anything for > you except default base installation, nor the OS won't do anything > until you command it to do something. After FreeBSD install you only > get standardized base OS that you can then customize and adapt. But > when you do its rock solid. This is the strongest part of BSD. If you > don't like that philosophy probably it may not be the best OS for you, > or it's not the time yet. Sorry that you feel disappointed. It > requires some skills, knowledge, and persistence to learn new things. > Probably the error was on your side (it always is in my case I > shamefully admit). I have several workstations upgraded from 9.0 > release upwards with no problem for many many years. I write this > email from a machine that started at FreeBSD 10 and went up through > all minor releases up to 13.0. But it is you who is responsible for OS > management, understanding how things work, so they work as you want. > FreeBSD is "raw" OS, some people love it for that, some people prefer > Linux with easy "click and do it for me" approach, some people work > with Open-Source on Windows. <snip> I used FreeBSD from 0 up to 10. Then, moved to Linux for an application that was too difficult to port. Now, I have a problem with Linux. I can not stop it from accessing the net for various and sundry reasons. Sending things to kernel.org. Downloading updates. Checking and reporting to me the status of updates, etc. I have several hours in this. Maybe I should have put more effort into the port... So, I am back to FreeBSD 13. Tom Dean
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