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  • John@lemmy.worldOPtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Are there any Linux distros that handle updates similarly to FreeBSD and OpenBSD?English
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    3 months ago

    You’re not really “managing” the OS files, you’re just applying patches and upgrading to new releases. All the interesting stuff (from the user perspective) is done using pkg on FreeBSD and pkg_* on OpenBSD; it’s with those you install your packages like the DE/WM, web browser, CLI tools, etc.

    There’s a couple of benefits to splitting these. Makes it easier to “reset” the system to its default state and makes it impossible to accidentally break the OS (you can’t accidentally remove any critical components like the kernel).