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I use Linux as my main OS. I’d love to switch to FreeBSD but I can’t. Most software that run on Linux may or may not run on FreeBSD. And when it doesn’t, it’s

I use Linux as my main OS. I’d love to switch to FreeBSD but I can’t. Most software that run on Linux may or may not run on FreeBSD. And when it doesn’t, it’s typically hard or impossible to get instructions or community support. Looking at the download page, Firefox doesn’t even seem to have a FreeBSD version or instructions. I can understand for servers although you lose community support for most software and can’t use ready to deploy docker images, as much as I loathe docker. FreeBSD is vastly superior to Linux IMHO (the handbook is a great read), but it’s unfortunately not practical for most usages.

trasz 4y ago
>Firefox doesn’t even seem to have a FreeBSD version or instructions. Erm, what? It's not Windows, that's what packages are for. Just "pkg install firefox".
- ornornor 4y ago
  I just checked the Firefox download page which doesn’t have any FreeBSD specific instructions (although it does for linux) Glad to hear Firefox has up to date packages in FreeBSD though!
  - nix23 4y ago
    > I just checked the Firefox download page which doesn’t have any FreeBSD specific instructions (although it does for linux) It's a Browser, you don't need "specific" instructions for the base-os.