freebsd stable - Jun 2012 - FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD...

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...

Cheers,

E

-- 
Etienne Robillard
Occupation: Software Developer
Company:    Green Tea Hackers Club
Email:      erob@gthcfoundation.org
Website:    gthcfoundation.org
Skype ID:   incidah

On 06/15/2012 01:57 PM, Michael Scheidell wrote:
>
>
> On 6/15/12 1:53 PM, Etienne Robillard wrote:
>> 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...
> PLEASE use linux.. they need you and love you.
Yeah. Well there's nothing wrong in asking the polite way...  :-)

At least this is more reasonable than physically breaking a system to 
indicate your disagreement with someone because of ignorance, bliss or 
both. :-)

Finally Thank you for advocating Linux security.

Cheers,
E

On 15 June 2012 18:53, Etienne Robillard <animelovin@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