Future of FreeBSD: Software Store?

[Valeri Galtsev]

On 11/19/18 6:27 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:56:53 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/19/18 3:41 PM, Jack L. wrote:
>>> me too!
>>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:41 PM CeDeROM <cederom at tlen.pl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am using FreeBSD on Servers and Desktops for more than 15 years, what I
>>>> reeeeeaaallly like is that I have the same shell/commandline utils and the
>>>> same configuration mechanisms all the time becuase they work just fine, and
>>>> there is no reason to channge that :-)
>>
>> Same here.
> 
> For me, FreeBSD is the primary OS not just on servers,
> but also on the desktop and on laptops - the platforms
> where "everyone" claims it's impossible to use it, and
> for the purposes claimed to be unsuitable. :-)
> 
Apart from servers my workstation runs FreeBSD, and laptop by default 
boots into FreeBSD. I do have two more systems on it: Windows (10) and 
Debian Linux. And the same is laptop of one developer (I mostly support 
that laptop when sysadmin's hand in necessary).

Valeri

> 
> 
>> When they were teaching me programming, one of the fundamental
>> principles was: do not make any changes unless they are absolutely
>> necessary.
> 
> It's also a very helpful core concept everywhere user data
> is involved: If you don't need it, don't ask for it. And
> don't store it. Data should become a liability, not an asset.
> That's why you don't need to register with "Facebook" when
> you want to use FreeBSD. ;-)
> 
> 
> 
>> This principle is not followed these days wherever I look
>> (No: Mate desktop team does, that's why i like it).
> 
> In environments where programmers are paid by the lines of
> code they emit, or where PHBs get promotions depending on
> how many changes they propose, this principle doesn't fit.
> Sadly, its opposite seems to become a general attitude in
> many places where software is either created or used...
> 
> 

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Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
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