Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian

[Will Senn]

On 12/7/15 9:32 AM, Paul Stuffins wrote:
>> But we should warn then about not mixing ports & packages. I agree,
>> pkg is a good choice [when pkg only].
> I have not set up the system yet, so there is no worry about mixing 
> ports and packages from the off.

As a fellow Debian user turned FreeBSD user, I just use pkg unless I 
need something exotic.  In my view, pkg serves the same basic function 
and it's even simpler to use than apt-get (hard to believe, I know). I 
have to admit that both Debian's flavor of Linux and FreeBSD are similar 
in terms capability and of being rock solid, but I truly appreciate 
FreeBSD's  approach to documentation and community over Debian's. This 
combined with an operating system that is more coherent that most of the 
Linuxes out there, even Debian (a significant userland is part of the OS 
as opposed to separately packaged) has made the experience of switching 
a very positive one, but not a painless one (printing, in particular was 
challenging).

-will