From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 17:16:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BBA01065674 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kazakevichilya@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C488FC16 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:16:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so1718149wwc.31 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5FQMTX4qeMassHlSLE9kTeBWhdBFaVMULJ4eY0nzAZE=; b=LvsYnNEycCB5ZPgpJqRGsYo68XWFbw+2eA3G2lela9FH2u1s/CzmXwc+RoR5MTD97u RLZem0WsyzipPMxWNzCiL7hDRoGNgpuZhlBLSgrgFoBYxqz+hEYK6URryBJAbhltTzVs CoxifM9Sttkb9rNauGhTWDUudhJj9CXQxIyfg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=igJWf2ahCnp6+92iMRZb0fd+PWlogVi4hRliipbZwLGHqv2QJfv/9Tdej/KqFWXMzM P7CA/Bh5n98mEFYZh9UdNT2pjpPa0cSAktuqC6fr9Lk7X0daLVp10kNiqrpGjcWyh4kb ODWvmZGTF6arlcLm5nMHZGjV5IaQ6b/Q+9OlU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.203.145 with SMTP id fi17mr1542499wbb.106.1301505380395; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.12.13 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1892767898.53772.1301502751849.JavaMail.seven@ap4.trial.red.7sys.net> References: <1892767898.53772.1301502751849.JavaMail.seven@ap4.trial.red.7sys.net> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:16:20 +0400 Message-ID: From: Ilya Kazakevich To: "four.harrisons@googlemail.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:16:22 -0000 > > If there is a choice between making things easy to learn and easy to use, > the design principle is to make it easy to use - even if that comes at the > cost of a steeper learning curve. > And you can always create easy-to-learn GUI-based tool that works on the top of low-level tools. BTW Microsoft came to this idea too (see "MinWin") > > So the easiest BSD? Any of them, if you're prepared to invest the time > learning it. > FreeBSD probably is the easiest to study in all BSD family because it has a really good handbook. But for people with *nix background (like linux) any BSD should not be difficult. > -- > > Peter Harrison > www.4harrisons.blogspot.com > > -original message- > Subject: Easiest desktop BSD distro > From: "Jason Hsu" > Date: 29/03/2011 21:14 > > 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 or Jessica "Chicken of the > Sea" Simpson 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >