FreeBSD has made leaps and bounds with this.<p>You can use `freebsd-update` to update the OS itself from binaries instead of having to build world. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freebsd.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;en&#x2F;books&#x2F;handbook&#x2F;updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freebsd.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;en&#x2F;books&#x2F;handbook&#x2F;updating-upgra...</a><p>You can use also `pkg` to install&#x2F;upgrade software packages like `apt-get` on Debian derived distros.
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