Eric W. Bates wrote: > Matt Kettler wrote: >> Ask List wrote: >> >> FreeBSD - Never used it. Seems quite server ready, although I'm not sure if >> they >> do binary package updates, or only source-patches (like OpenBSD does). > > FreeBSD house for many years. > > Yes, you can install precompiled binaries if you prefer. However, you > lose the ability to twiddle your own compile knobs; so our preferred > practice is to always build from source. >
Yes, I know you can install from binary. You can do that with OpenBSD too. The question is does FreeBSD make binary package updates, or are security updates source-patch only.
