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A decade ago, running FreeBSD on my main PC for a few years taught me half of what I now know about UNIX. Over time, I grew tired of having my machine in a nea
by StevePerkins 12y ago
A decade ago, running FreeBSD on my main PC for a few years taught me half of what I now know about UNIX.
Over time, I grew tired of having my machine in a near-constant state of compiling code (updates are built from source rather than through APT or RPM repos). So I drifted away and ended up with Ubuntu, where I wouldn't have to tinker with the OS so much. However, I miss the amazing documentation that came with FreeBSD, and the things that it encouraged me to learn along the way.
- jff 12y agoI finally started experimenting with the pkgng stuff and it seems pretty good. I too have been annoyed by the constant compilation, so I've been pleased that I'm getting along with the occasional "pkg upgrade", which will update all my packages, even the ones built from the ports tree. If you have custom compile options in some of your packages, you can simply lock them and pkg will leave them alone; you can then use portmaster or whatever you prefer to re-compile them yourself.