What's happening to FreeBSD?

[rotor]

Is FreeBSD going down the path of MS Windows, i.e., a wall of complexity is a goal?

The new package-oriented updates of the OS are a major step backwards from the prior ease of keeping FreeBSD up to date.

Has there been a major change in the long-term goals of FreeBSD?

 

[Alain De Vos]

There is no OS.
- There is KERNEL
- There is BASE
- There are PACKAGES

The 3 together form the OS.

- Me i just build a few ports (20) with poudriere.
- Then for all ports (1500) i do "pkg update -f" , "pkg upgrade".

"freebsd-version -kru"
"pkg prime-origins"

 

[lanin]

Is FreeBSD going down the path of MS Windows, i.e., a wall of complexity is a goal?

The new package-oriented updates of the OS are a major step backwards from the prior ease of keeping FreeBSD up to date.

Has there been a major change in the long-term goals of FreeBSD?

take a look -

Thread 'Brave New PKGBASE World'

Oct 20, 2025

Original article here.
Consider this when replying.

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• vermaden

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[drhowarddrfine]

rotor It's not complex. It's different. In the long run it's better than before cause it eases its development.
It's not difficult to learn or use and you'll find that out once you use it.

 

[MG]

take a look -

Thread 'Brave New PKGBASE World'

Oct 20, 2025

Original article here.
Consider this when replying.

FreeBSD, The FreeBSD Foundation, and The FreeBSD Forums are not associated with the content of this article.

• vermaden

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How far is this? I made a mfsroot-based system that theoretically can run 1 program after the kernel but that's not really interesting. A solid dependency tree of world components would be nice, though. Trying something with compiler options gets complicated fast.