You cannot count on FreeBSD to run the latest version of LibreOffice, or anything else
?? Of course, you can — the editors/libreoffice port [freshports.org] is usually up to date (it is now, for example). Which is more than one can say about, say, RedHat RPMs. Now try installing an up to date LLVM on Debian...
Often, Linux apps will not run at all.
?? By that logic, Linux is inferior, because "Often, FreeBSD apps will not run at all."
Not as many drivers as Linux, but that is less of a problem.
That would've been the least illogical ding, actually — if it were true...
For now, at least, FreeBSD might make a good server.
However accidental it may be, this is a compliment...
Sadly: it's all about the apps (Score:2)
Sadly, when Linux apps start requiring systemd, the BSDs will be nearly useless. It will happen, we all know it.
As it is:
FreeBSD has no dropbox client.
You cannot count on FreeBSD to run the latest version of LibreOffice, or anything else. Often, Linux apps will not run at all.
Not as many drivers as Linux, but that is less of a problem.
For now, at least, FreeBSD might make a good server.
Re:Sadly: it's all about the apps (Score:2)
That's a Dropbox' problem, not FreeBSD's. But Linux has no such client any more either [slashdot.org].
?? Of course, you can — the editors/libreoffice port [freshports.org] is usually up to date (it is now, for example). Which is more than one can say about, say, RedHat RPMs. Now try installing an up to date LLVM on Debian...
?? By that logic, Linux is inferior, because "Often, FreeBSD apps will not run at all."
That would've been the least illogical ding, actually — if it were true...
However accidental it may be, this is a compliment...