Updating software–many fear this task. It risks interruption of service. It introduces a big, gray unknown. Even with a test system and usage reports, it may bring doom to your applications. With great confidence and trust in his abilities, the system administrator must tread down this uncertain path. Sometimes this requires persuading, as many people don't see the need. Trying to quantify the risk of a compromise is not easy, especially for those who have never experienced an attack. The process of rebuilding software can sometimes be lengthy, and merging configuration files can be tedious. It's a thankless task, and not many users will recognize the effort.

Fortunately, FreeBSD has a pretty good track record of not breaking during updates–or maybe I underestimate my sysadmin skills. Unfortunately, keeping FreeBSD current is a very time-consuming job. I started seeing how daunting this is while watching our 20-plus FreeBSD servers age and fall into legacy mode. I noticed that Red Hat took very little time to stay up-to-date, and I thought there had to be a way to do something similar on FreeBSD.

Complete Article 

Latest: FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system. Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To keep on top of things, be sure and check this page periodically. Also, you may wish to subscribe to the freebsd-announce mailing list or the RSS feed.

The following projects have their own news pages, which should be checked for project specific updates.

• Java™ on FreeBSD
• KDE on FreeBSD
• GNOME on FreeBSD 

 Print This Post

Similar & Related Posts:

None Found