Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th May 2009 09:42 UTC, submitted by Extend
Last week it was BSD week: OpenBSD 4.5, NetBSD 5.0, and DragonFlyBSD 2.2.1. FreeBSD 7.2 completes the picture, with every major BSD now having a new and fresh release waiting to be installed on your desktop, laptop, or server.
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RE[8]: The Question: BSD on Desktop
by adstro on Tue 5th May 2009 16:05
in reply to "RE[7]: The Question: BSD on Desktop"
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The ports themselves are not part of the OS, the framework that manages the ports I would consider to be part of the OS. While calling the framework part of the base OS may be debatable, I do think that the ports system shapes the feel of the OS as a whole and is a major reason people like/hate FreeBSD.
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2008-03-15
The ports system most certainly isn't part of the base OS, its a framework to install (mostly 3rd party) software from source more easily; I don't think any FreeBSD developer would agree that ports are part of the base OS, they're not even tied with any particular release of the OS.