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date = "2014-03-13T20:03:36-07:00"
title = "FreeBSD Challenge, Day 2"
categories = ["unix","sa"]
tags = ["FreeBSD"]
+++
Just a quick update. Yesterday, I got abook working. Kind of a hack, though. I used gcc to compile it, vs. clang. I will have to revisit this and offer up some patches to the abook project.

I have also been playing with **x11/xpra** which bills itself as \'screen for X11\'. That, combined with [sshuttle](https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle) , lets me get in from work and do some work during lunch. It may also give me a tempory way to use [AfterShotPro](https://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4670071&cid=catalog20038&segid=6000006) until I get the whole Linux compatability layer thing figured out.

Next up is learing how to use *ports(7)* working to be able to install **10-STABLE** while the host is **10-RELEASE**.

Yes, my issues are not normal. :)