Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

[Adam Strohl]

On 5/31/2012 21:22, Damien Fleuriot wrote:
> On 5/31/12 4:01 PM, Jim Ohlstein wrote:
>> To add others, in no particular order:
>>
>> Ease of upgrade. While some have noted that binary upgrades are easier
>> on Debian, it's far and away superior, IMMHO, to have a locally compiled
>> system. Many Linux distros have no upgrade path short of a wipe and
>> re-install.
>>
> Far superior, check, FAR MORE TIME CONSUMING, check as well !

This brings up another point: Repair is always possible with FreeBSD.

You can back out all packages or types of packages easily (and 
re-compile or reinstall them if needed).  You can recompile/reinstall 
the OS if needed (somewhere else too and copy it over).  Or just copy 
pieces from a live cd or restore tarball.  And it's pretty 
straightforward to do even for a non-admin person.

You can even restore over a live running system with tar, which I do 
occasionally when cloning machines or restoring them with dump/restore.  
Very slick.