Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

[Damien Fleuriot]

On 5/31/12 4:30 PM, Adam Strohl wrote:
> 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.

Regarding recovering from blunders, and dump/restore for restoration or
even cloning purposes, I also use them and I can advocate the efficiency
and usefulness.

Regarding packages, I've never really explored it, would you detail a bit ?