Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

[David Chisnall]

On 2 Jun 2012, at 12:19, Erich wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 02 June 2012 PM 12:04:26 David Chisnall wrote:
>> On 2 Jun 2012, at 12:01, Erich wrote:
>> 
>>> I would even accept to get the 'release' ports tree without security fixes just to have a system which is up and running fast after I tried an upgrade like what is happening at the moment with PNG dependent ports.
>> 
>> You have this already.  Just install the ports tree snapshot from the release...
> 
> I know. I just what I would like to get is a direct method also people who are just basic users can use it without many problems.

Run sysinstall, point it at the release CD / DVD, say 'install ports tree'...

Encouraging basic users to run insecure versions of applications, however, is something that I would strongly object to.

David