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Re: [PLUG] Linux vs. PC-BSD as a desktop OS?
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I ran openbsd on an old blue and white powermac with kde3 and it recognized the wireless card and installed ports with ease. It was a nice alternative to running an old version of macos and was zippy as a desktop with only 640 megs ram. *bsd can make a nice desktop os. Openbsd is minimal so you can install only the packages you want.
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From: brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>
Subj: Re: [PLUG] Linux vs. PC-BSD as a desktop OS?
Date: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:00 pm
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To: gregsonh@gra-inc.com; Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
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Greg Helledy wrote:
> I've been using linux as a desktop OS since 2002, Debian stable since
> Woody. Periodically, I read things about how great the BSDs are.
> PC-BSD seems to be a "distro" of FreeBSD, aimed at filling the desktop
> role. The reviews tend to focus on the iffy ease-of-use of KDE4, rather
> than the overall usability and maintainability of the system (I'm a KDE3
> user so I guess I'll face this sooner or later anyway).
>
> Has anyone used PC-BSD or FreeBSD as a desktop? Any major pluses or
> minuses vs. Debian? This isn't really linux so maybe it's better kept
> off-list. Thanks,
> Greg
>
>
>
well, PC-BSD is a "distro" of *BSD. FreeBSD is also a "distro" of *BSD.
they're not meant to be hierarchical, they're meant to be forks.
that being said, PC-bsd has shady hardware support but it's a lot easier
install/setup/ freebsd has a wider supported hardware base and is one of
the best maintained *bsd's, but it's a bit tricky if you're new to bsd.
personally, i prefer openbsd but that's because i tend to only use bsd
on servers or network appliances (routers, firewalls, etc.).
bsd is still lacking pretty far behind in the desktop area, in my opinion.
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