Comment by pppp

It's gotten much easier to both upgrade and to install software. Example:

To apply security patches:

  freebsd-update fetch  

  freebsd-update install

To upgrade to a new version of the operating system:

  freebsd-update -r 11.0-RELEASE upgrade

To install software:

  pkg install chromium

You can still use the ports system if you want to, but pkg is so much easier.