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The ports system is for developers only. Not recommended for end-users. Binary packages are the way to go. It's emphasized in the FAQ multiple times and also across most tutorials and mailing lists.

So your statement is just uneducated and ignorant.

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It doesn't get emphasized in the FreeBSD community at all, maybe it's different for OpenBSD.

Of course it's different. There are two, almost entirely, different projects. That includes the documentation.

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