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For me, OpenBSD is easier to deal with. I use FreeBSD for boxes where we need larger storage, and FreeBSD is just harder. I've had problems with upgrades and
by protomyth 8y ago
For me, OpenBSD is easier to deal with. I use FreeBSD for boxes where we need larger storage, and FreeBSD is just harder. I've had problems with upgrades and FreeBSD really doesn't document some stuff thoroughly (zfs upgrade for instance).
OpenBSD does almost require you do the every 6 month upgrade, but it really isn't that much of a bother. The syspatch utility has made patches a lot easier. Packages are often delayed, but if it has what you need its pretty simple.
- sureaboutthis 8y agoOtoh, I've never had a problem with FreeBSD upgrades and doing an upgrade is only 'freebsd-update upgrade -r [version]' followed by 'freebsd-update install', reboot and it can't get much easier than that.
- ams6110 8y agoOpenBSD is about that easy. Download the new version install image, boot into it, select Upgrade, and let it go. I typically upgrade a couple of months after a new release comes out. That way there's been time for any post-release issues to be shaken out and patched. (There rarely are any, but I'm usually not waiting on any new features, and prefer to be a little conservative). The project supports the current release, and the prior release, so you're not at risk of missing any critical updates with that strategy.
- protomyth 8y agoYeah, that doesn't always go so great, but I have most of my problems once you do the pkg steps. Plus zfs upgrade needs a bit of documentation on boot code.
- sureaboutthis 8y agoWhat do you mean by "pkg steps"? Again, I have never had any issues whatsoever with any of this.
- protomyth 8y agoI’ve had pkg fail bad on version upgrades even when forcing it to reinstall everything.