Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:10:59 -0800 From: a non y mouse <anonymous@forea.ch> To: FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <43E88043.4050002@forea.ch> In-Reply-To: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org>
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FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > with having a stable OS & all the lastest add-on software installed. How > does this work out in the FreeBSD world? do you install every single piece of third party software onto your machine? no... of course not 3rd party software is just that--it has no relevance to the quality of the operating system on which it runs, so i fail to see how it could be taken into consideration when evaluating said operating system. you are given free will to install or not install any software you wish, and in any manner. if you want to compare the level of stability and security of an operating system vs. another, fine. but leave it at that. whether the ports tree existed or not, you would install certain pieces of software if you needed them. this, imo, makes any concept of "security" or "stability" in the ports tree completely immaterial -- http://forea.ch/
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