FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD...

[Jerry]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:12:58 +0100
Chris Rees articulated:

>On 15 June 2012 18:53, Etienne Robillard <animelovin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/15/2012 01:08 PM, Jerry wrote:
>>>
>>> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of
>>> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only
>>> 2.x.
>>
>> Why not? Thinking FreeBSD could become immune to remote exploits is
>> absurd.
>>
>> So without much efforts  I can guess ports like Skype will become
>> more widespread now that FreeBSD has gived up on network security,
>> preferring to announce critical security vulnerabilities once the
>> exploit has been confirmed without any warnings.
>>
>> A good reason to stop using this bloated OS if you ask me and use
>> something more respectful to their users base relaying on STABLE for
>> stability reasons...
>
>New versions of Skype require ALSA.  This is at their insistence.

So, are you implying that ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
is never going to happen on a FreeBSD system?

By the way, thanks to "Etienne Robillard <animelovin at gmail.com>" for
completely changing the thread subject.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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