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Here it is (not available): http://openports.se/emulators/wine

I don't think FreeBSD is much more secure (if any) than some of the better GNU/Linux distributions though

I do, and I've look through the source code of both.

Edit: too early in the morning. I misread FreeBSD as OpenBSD in that sentence

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https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html

This way you can run Wine... PC-BSD users have done so for a long time now as far as I know.

It's really the focus. FreeBSD operates a little closer to the cathedral model where they're pickier, more deliberate, and more consistent. Linux takes in about anything to maximize features and development pace. Probably the reason FreeBSD has higher quality in code. Just different priorities.

Of course, I watch these communities from a distance. I'm not in the trenches over there. So, I could be way off. :)

That seems to have always been the case, all the way back to the Torvalds vs Tannenbaum debates.

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