Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:55:34 -0400 From: "J. Hellenthal" <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best first desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103291651260.3620@qvfongpu.qngnvk.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> References: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
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First I would recommend posting to the correct mailing list. Second I would recommend as much googling as your fingers can stand. Third BSD != Linux and this has been discussed in depth in previous articles. Fourth and foremost I would place a pretty good bet that Paris Hilton could setup and run a FreeBSD desktop. Followup-to: questions@ Remove-to: stable@ On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:16, jhsu802701@ wrote: > Thanks for your thoughts on making the move from Linux to BSD. I'm not > making the move because I don't like Linux. Instead, I want to learn > BSD. I find that the best way to familiarize myself with a distro is to > adopt it as my main distro (for web browsing, email, word processing, > etc.). But the challenge of BSD have so far proven too much for me. > It would take too long to configure FreeBSD to my liking. I couldn't > figure out what to enter in GRUB to multi-boot Linux and BSD. I tried > PC-BSD, GhostBSD, and DragonflyBSD in VirtualBox. I've found PC-BSD > agonizingly slow to install and operate, and KDE didn't even boot up > when I logged in. GhostBSD has too many things that don't work, such as > the keyboard on my laptop and my Internet connection on my desktop. > DragonflyBSD didn't boot up in Virtualbox. > > I recommend Linux Mint as a first Linux distro. It's user-friendly, > well-established, widely used, includes codecs/drivers that Ubuntu > doesn't, and has a Windows-like user interface. For those with older > computers, I recommend Puppy Linux or antiX Linux as a first distro. > I'm looking for the analogous choice in the BSD world. > > So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro? What desktop > BSD distro is so easy to use that even Paris Hilton can handle it? > > Please keep in mind that I have a slow Internet connection, and these > BSD distros are ENORMOUS. It took some 12-14 hours to download PC-BSD. > > -- Regards, J. Hellenthal (0x89D8547E) JJH48-ARIN
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