Considering in this section and in the whole FreeBSD forum the top post for view (5,901, ten times over the second in the chart) and surely the top for this section of the forum, is the one related with finding a valid graphical and automated package manager for FreeBSD isn't time for guys at FreeBSD foundation to build something user friendly, maybe together with an update binary server, for updating and upgrading purposes?
All this reads just means MANY people in the FreeBSD user base or people that want to become FreeBSD users will like a tool like this, considering Portmaster and Portupgrade are devoloping things unfriendly and slow for someone that just want an updated (i wont say "rolling", for now) release for getting the best from this wonderful OS with a great engine and a poor, quietly not user friendly, "body". FreeBSD, for me, is like a car with a Ferrari engine and a Fiat 500 body :-(
Such a tool, it will surely increase the use and the interest of this solid effort OS called FreeBSD and it will be something totally different from various "distros" around.
Nothing to do with PC-BSD with his .PBI package manager (honestly not always up to date and often buggy), but something official for improve the user base experience.
Considering even Solaris do have such a thing, FreeBSD should consider this very seriously if it want to grow the user base.
All this reads just means MANY people in the FreeBSD user base or people that want to become FreeBSD users will like a tool like this, considering Portmaster and Portupgrade are devoloping things unfriendly and slow for someone that just want an updated (i wont say "rolling", for now) release for getting the best from this wonderful OS with a great engine and a poor, quietly not user friendly, "body". FreeBSD, for me, is like a car with a Ferrari engine and a Fiat 500 body :-(
Such a tool, it will surely increase the use and the interest of this solid effort OS called FreeBSD and it will be something totally different from various "distros" around.
Nothing to do with PC-BSD with his .PBI package manager (honestly not always up to date and often buggy), but something official for improve the user base experience.
Considering even Solaris do have such a thing, FreeBSD should consider this very seriously if it want to grow the user base.