Upgrade processes between FreeBSD/Ubuntu

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Published on 2010-05-21T06:33:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 6:40 UTC
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Are there significant differences between FreeBSD and Ubuntu Linux when it comes to upgrading? FreeBSD appears to offers a more reliable path for upgrades with "freebsd-update" though I think "apt-get update --system" is the equivalent for Ubuntu.

I'll like to know which one is less likely to produce SNAFUs when undertaking minor/major updates.

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