Why FreeBSD Desktop and My Linux Rant

Re:Why FreeBSD Desktop and My Linux Rant by davidgerard on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:00PM (#30061309)

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.

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Re:Why FreeBSD Desktop and My Linux Rant by E39M5S62 on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:30PM (#30062688)

Ubuntu 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.

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Re:Why FreeBSD Desktop and My Linux Rant by davidgerard on Monday January 24, 2022 @05:06PM (#30064713)

So tell me about the improvements in the ports and packages systems, that's notably missing from your response.

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Re:Why FreeBSD Desktop and My Linux Rant by sheenobu on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:11PM (#30067012)

`pkg` I'm guessing https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=&n=1

Supports binary package installation and operates more similarly to apt

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