Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:04:30 -0400 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best first desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <AANLkTinxtndHaBVhGuLnZKQhoToBBmF4FfZ7K6O=ZVg8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> References: <20110329141622.59e31557.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> 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. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> > Please consider http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm where you may find ready-made DVD or CD , printed Handbook , and others to offset your slow internet link . I do not know your country but it is very likely that you may find ready made FreeBSD or PC-BSD DVD or CD on sale in your country . For a new starter , PC-BSD is good . After studying structure of PC-BSD , it may be a good and pleasing learning work by installing FreeBSD from PC-BSD DVD or directly from FreeBSD released DVD or CDs by following the FreeBSD Handbook . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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