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I like FreeBSD better than Linux as a Unix. But I use a computer to do stuff. I tried using FreeBSD to run a desktop on. Both ports and packages were a PITA i
by davidgerard 5y ago
I like FreeBSD better than Linux as a Unix.
But I use a computer to do stuff.
I tried using FreeBSD to run a desktop on. Both ports and packages were a PITA in various ways. I eventually found myself running everything as the Linux binaries under emulation.
Then I tried Ubuntu 5.04, with Debian's apt packaging, and I was like HOLY SHIT GUYS, THIS IS HOW TO DO THIS.
So Linux still annoys me to administer, but I can basically get my stuff done.
- E39M5S62 5y agoUbuntu 5.04 came out in 2005. Your experiences with FreeBSD and Linux from that era aren't really relevant to the state of either ecosystem in 2022.
- davidgerard 5y agoSo tell me about the improvements in the ports and packages systems, that's notably missing from your response.
- sheenobu 5y ago`pkg` I'm guessing https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=&n=1 https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=&n=1 Supports binary package installation and operates more similarly to apt