From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 20:55:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47CE2106567E for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECDE88FC25 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg13 with SMTP id 13so294696gyg.13 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:55:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to :message-id:references:user-agent:x-openpgp-key-id :x-openpgp-key-fingerprint:mime-version:content-type; bh=51AE7PGcfLsnyiixkkLa5a6aOPnSSV2xs9e4dckJPww=; b=kFkkX9nesJ7/QsIoCeq2B2AddreBB2llt0GV3UupWZHOryQxNFIJSufNem+htdPT5/ JihJGEO9JFZoXw2WHtjiZsDGHAtQWz832seZb3DpjrtWzaqNgiCI5IWNtnf9qhVWX/Jk 7TVokoE8xK3ouX5LqoE02ZWEd4iIAuFLjqBME= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:x-openpgp-key-id:x-openpgp-key-fingerprint:mime-version :content-type; b=mcLiNWxPHGcdr9if2sOH48/1dftlJp8G2gu8PwJSyrXkKXPLGWZYBMMT0RBK0lWGMR JWBH/Hec9pop6XnLts/89gl3Ad0sBZcJFgLV8UPnAQUkSa65LornFFZja6yohVGzmPXT p1wwT14hsYzKOKGP2Y3VXu2zFDy8Xt2yH0pGQ= Received: by 10.151.61.4 with SMTP id o4mr679841ybk.266.1301432138099; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:55:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from disbatch.dataix.local (adsl-99-181-153-110.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net [99.181.153.110]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o2sm2043260ybn.21.2011.03.29.13.55.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:55:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:55:34 -0400 From: "J. Hellenthal" To: Jason Hsu In-Reply-To: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> Message-ID: References: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-OpenPGP-Key-Id: 0x89D8547E X-OpenPGP-Key-Fingerprint: 85EF E26B 07BB 3777 76BE B12A 9057 8789 89D8 547E MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Best first desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:55:39 -0000 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