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The Ports collection is similar in scope to any of the application databases maintained by Linux distros such as Redhat and Ubuntu. In fact, many of the packag
by barkingcat 9y ago
The Ports collection is similar in scope to any of the application databases maintained by Linux distros such as Redhat and Ubuntu.
In fact, many of the packages are exactly the same from the same upstream. The differences are freebsd specific patches to fix small (like enabling or disabling different compile flags) or large (for example in the case of gnome or openjdk which requires effort to port) issues, but the packages are all there.
- sigjuice 9y agoYes, I have used FreeBSD and ports. I thought OP's message implied that there are 3rd party applications that are available exclusively for FreeBSD.
- ianai 9y agoFor a while there, one such feature was ZFS. I know ZOL is a thing, and the pool versions are the same, but I'd bet ZFS on FreeBSD is still more stable/standard than ZOL. (It's been a while since I tried to learn the differences between ZOL/ZFS under FreeBSD so that could be out of date)