So TrueOS is now called Project Trident, and there’s a new project that will take the TrueOS name and will add to FreeBSD at a lower level rather than just being a collection of packages on top of FreeBSD?
IMO, the TrueOS folks are being way to optimistic. I recently switched back to FreeBSD from TrueOS, and a big part of it is that I don’t think they have a track record of being able to deliver their layer as a finished high quality project.
I agree. The TrueOS guys are working on some interesting stuff but my experience, TrueOS never quite feels finished. Sometimes I think they’re trying to do too much, the big switch with OpenRC, meaning things are quite different from FreeBSD, a server version, desktop version, Lumina…
I’d be more inclined to use TrueOS if they stuck closer to FreeBSD, but just made it easier to set up a graphical system. Right now they’re not exactly FreeBSD, but they’re not exactly something else. You cant quite apply what you know from FreeBSD though, because of how they do differ.
So TrueOS is now called Project Trident, and there’s a new project that will take the TrueOS name and will add to FreeBSD at a lower level rather than just being a collection of packages on top of FreeBSD?
Wow, it would have made much more sense if the announcement had been phrased that way.
I’m still not sure if my assessment is correct.
That’s what I took from it. The blog post was a bit hard to understand, I had to read it twice to actually figure out what they’re trying to say.
IMO, the TrueOS folks are being way to optimistic. I recently switched back to FreeBSD from TrueOS, and a big part of it is that I don’t think they have a track record of being able to deliver their layer as a finished high quality project.
I agree. The TrueOS guys are working on some interesting stuff but my experience, TrueOS never quite feels finished. Sometimes I think they’re trying to do too much, the big switch with OpenRC, meaning things are quite different from FreeBSD, a server version, desktop version, Lumina…
I’d be more inclined to use TrueOS if they stuck closer to FreeBSD, but just made it easier to set up a graphical system. Right now they’re not exactly FreeBSD, but they’re not exactly something else. You cant quite apply what you know from FreeBSD though, because of how they do differ.
Isn’t this the 2nd renaming in just a few years?
PC-BSD -> TrueOS -> This new thing…
I guess naming is hard.
OpenRC, LibreSSL, and “integrated Poudriere / pkg tools” does sound pretty interesting though. I’ll definitely check it out when something appears.