Subj : New BSD distribution...
To   : Tracker1
From : Mrproper
Date : Sun Jul 31 2005 01:02 am

  Re: New BSD distribution...
  By: Tracker1 to dove.unix on Sat Jul 30 2005 17:28:00

 > This is the single nicest starting point I've ever had the pleasure of worki
 > with... http://www.pcbsd.org/
 > 
 > It's a simple/straight-forward installation, no live-cd version (sorry), you
 > start off with a KDE desktop setup, and X, that's about it.. there's very fe
 > packages installed to start with..
 > 
 > It has a unique installer/packager system that is really nice (though only
 > very few packages in this format so far)... you also can fallback to the por
 > system, as the base os is FreeBSD-5.x ... Other than OS-X this is about the
 > nicest setup process I've seen... they're also working on a Kamel (control
 > panel) interface, that aims to be as straight forward as OS-X's, with an
 > installer system akin to many windows installers, with a simple uninstall
 > ability...
 > 
 > Check out the screenshots at the site, and may want to try it out.. have it 
 > a machine here, but it had no sound card, and is only an athlon@600... may t
 > it under vmware, or virtual-pc on my faster desktop, as kde3 isn't done
 > justice on the hardware in question....
 > 
 > I wish this project all the best, as it's the most straight forward *nix
 > installation I've gone through, it's bsd based and can use all the freebsd
 > ports (including linux compatability layer)... with this as a base point, I
 > can only see this project gaining *MUCH* more support than many other
 > distributions (linux or bsd)... note: this is a DESKTOP distribution, so
 > wouldn't necessarily suggest it for server use, though it is really nice.
 > 

That looks nice and straightforward, THanks for the link, I'll be installing
this pretty soon :)



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