Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
First my experience with [Free]BSD as a server completely mirrors
Dag-Erling's observation, it [mostly] just works. I started with BSDI
switching to FreeBSD around 3.5. I think it is also true that
depending on your hardware a FreeBSD workstation or laptop can be a
bit of a challenge.
My issues with FreeBSD as a desktop mostly come from the difficulty of
installing software and keeping it up-to-date: 'pkg_add -r' and
'portupgrade -aP' simply can't hold a candle to 'apt-get install' and
'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
How does apt-get compare to something like yum/up2date on FC/RHEL? I.e.
is there something that makes apt-get better?
My main issue with all the RedHat OSes is that you are effectively stuck
with whatever version of packages was "combined" to make a particular
release. So if the machine you have came with say postfix 2.0, your
stuck with that for the lifetime of the OS. If you suddenly have a need
for 2.2, you can try using src rpms, but somehow they never seem to be
available for your particular OS version, and whether the ones for a
later OS version compile or not is hit-and-miss. Sure, it's dead easy
to yum update say postfix 2.0 to postfix 2.0+some security fix, but
that's just not enough for me.
I resent having to upgrade the OS to get up-to-date packages that have
no specific relationship to anything I understand as the OS. That's
especially a problem for ISP-rented servers, where upgrading the OS is a
matter of having to get a new server, or taking your life in your hands
and trying a "yum" update of the OS. But even for a "desktop", it's
just far more work than I believe should be required.
FreeBSD ports/packages are not perfect, but at least I can update
third-party software without upgrading the OS.
--Alex
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