FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD...

[Chris Rees]

On 15 June 2012 18:53, Etienne Robillard <animelovin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/15/2012 01:08 PM, Jerry wrote:
>>
>> Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available. Is there any possibility of
>> getting it ported to FreeBSD? The latest version in ports is only
>> 2.x.
>
>
>
> Why not? Thinking FreeBSD could become immune to remote exploits is absurd.
>
> So without much efforts  I can guess ports like Skype will become more
> widespread now that FreeBSD has gived up on network security, preferring to
> announce critical security vulnerabilities once the exploit has been
> confirmed without any warnings.
>
> A good reason to stop using this bloated OS if you ask me and use
> something more respectful to their users base relaying on STABLE for
> stability reasons...
>

New versions of Skype require ALSA.  This is at their insistence.

Chris