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FreeBSD Ports for GNU/Linux

Posted by michael on from the thirty-two-tetris-variants-and-counting dept.

proclus writes: "GNU-Darwin has provided a special FreeBSD ports tarball (20 Mb) for GNU/Linux users. We have modified the FreeBSD Ports System to bring thousands of free software offerings within the reach of every GNU/Linux user. The system is not fully automated yet, but you can untar it in your home directory and try it. Just follow these directions. This system provides full access to the FreeBSD ports, so that users can compile and install software in their home directories. Root access is not required."

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  1. Who gives a shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When some piece of shit little software comes out for Linux, everyone here goes crazy. But when Microsoft releases another Earth-shattering new technology that will make our lives so much easier, everyone starts bashing them. I guess you all have just gotten used to seeing quality stuff from Microsoft, and since Linux shit is always going to suck, you've just accepted that fact and will appreciate whatever little shit you whores can get.

  2. Re:What is GNU/Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is like Linux, but it sucks even more because it has the GNU on it. Just use Microsoft/Windows you fucking faggots!

  3. MacOSX? by Sanity · · Score: 1, Troll
    I don't see why you consider MacOSX to be worthy of our support. Apple has historically demonstrated a willingness to lock people in to proprietary hardware and software that makes Microsoft look positively reserved. Just because they have largely failed in this regard, should not earn them any respect. Yes, they have built OSX on-top of an Open Source platform, but OSX remains closed-source.


    I don't think "not being Microsoft" is a sufficient criteria for the support of the Open Source community.