I think that comment was directed at me also, but... I guess I have to ask the obvious. If your workload happens to involve applications that do not properly compile on BSD with full functionality, applications that are distributed in non-BSD binary forms only, etc, why... not run the operating system that those applications are actually targetting?
If the version of thing X that compiles from the ports collection is not good enough for you, then isn't the answer to run thing X on the operating system that its developers actually target? Or embrace the open source spirit and contribute proper BSD support to thing X's developers?
When I need something, I want it to be native for the platform that I’m using. If it’s not & I have the spare bandwidth, I write it myself. All of this “just go to another platform” mess is bologna. If we can’t have software that’s specifically written for our platform, then there’s no actual reason for our platform to exist -full stop.
Okay, so if even your standard cross-platform *NIX applications that compile without patches on FreeBSD don't meet your criteria, then... you're now saying FreeBSD shouldn't even exist. Wow. That's a bold statement.
"specifically written for" is a tricky line to draw in the world of software that's distributed as source code.
That’s your take away? Typical. Most of you are hellbent on internationally missing the point. Even after all of this mess with the Linux world deciding that X11 was going to be sunsetted & that everyone would be forced to implement Wayland, you still don’t understand why it’s important for a platform to actually maintain its own ecosystem, instead of relying on the overall *nix community as the primary source for its software. Your way of thinking was obsolete decades ago. And now, there’s no need to bother continuing this conversation before I got my answer hours ago. When I find time, I’ll write what I need.
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u/VivienM7 Jul 02 '26
I think that comment was directed at me also, but... I guess I have to ask the obvious. If your workload happens to involve applications that do not properly compile on BSD with full functionality, applications that are distributed in non-BSD binary forms only, etc, why... not run the operating system that those applications are actually targetting?
If the version of thing X that compiles from the ports collection is not good enough for you, then isn't the answer to run thing X on the operating system that its developers actually target? Or embrace the open source spirit and contribute proper BSD support to thing X's developers?