Quoting Chris <rac...@makeworld.com>:

Outstanding, thank you. Curious though, how is Gnome looking these days (meaning, is it v3 or 2.x).

I have read of the craziness of 3 and the introduction of Unity (albeit that is ubuntu).

If 3 is used (or when) I assume it would be closer to what I currently have under Sid (and that would be ok) or even 2.x

As far as I can see, it's 2.xx, or to be more precise: http://www.freshports.org/x11/gnome2/

By the way: freshports is a good way to check beforehand what ports are available and in which versions ;)




Nonetheless, thanks for the info. I'll have time tomorrow to read up a bit and perhaps next time I post, it'll be under 9

Good luck :)


Sent from my HTC.

----- Reply message -----
From: "Adam Vande More" <amvandem...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 12:10 am
Subject: Possible move back to FreeBSD
To: "Chris" <rac...@makeworld.com>
Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>


On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Chris <rac...@makeworld.com> wrote:

I have been using Debian for a few years now (previous BSD user) and I'm
considering moving back.

Admittedly, I have gotten used to the simplicity of using apt-get to
update the system.

What will pull me back is if there is an equivalent to use. I do not
intend on custom kernels, and I don't intend on using ports (it was the
many hours spent keeping the ports tree current along with installed ports).

If someone would suggest the material to read and perhaps a synopsis of
the process, I would be happy to do the leg work.



freebsd-update(1) and pkgng should get you to relative feature parity w/
Debian.   However pkgng just entered beta, and likely won't make it into
the base system anytime soon.  That being said, beta testers are wanted and
it's largely functional.

/usr/ports/UPDATING is still the standard method along with a ports
managment tool of your choice eg portmaster(1).



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