Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:41:34 -0800 From: rachie <freebsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out.... Message-ID: <200709090741.34634.freebsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200709020222.21000.mchauber@gmx.net> References: <200709020222.21000.mchauber@gmx.net>
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On Saturday 01 September 2007 10:22:08 pm Michael Hauber wrote: > Hey, all... > > I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. > Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely > to change in the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife > would be more comfortable using and that wouldn't be as time-comsuming to > make it more comfortable for her. > > I downloaded the uberyl live CD and found that ubuntu seems to pick up on > everything I have on the laptop (as well as all the attachments), so I'm > downloading it now. > > Because I've put so much time into getting this FreeBSD install where it is > now (and because I favor the BSDs), I'm still a bit hesitant... Has anyone > here had much experience with ubunu as a desktop? Negatives/positives? > > Kind of OT, I guess... I'd just rather hear it from someone in this group > rather than the inevitable, "Oh yeah. You won't be sorry." from the ubuntu > folk (salespitches == fingernails on a chalkboard :) ). > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > PS. Yes, I've played with PC-BSD. Unfortunately, that's still more work > than I have time for. Hello :) I used Ubuntu and Kubuntu before I installed FreeBSD. It was pretty easy to use and a lot of things were made easy for clueless users like me. I like FreeBSD better, but thats because it allows me to learn what is happening behind it all. I think your wife will be happy with ubuntu. Its probably going to be different enough to be annoying at times. Ubuntu is the easiest form of Linux that I tried. Maybe you could dual boot FreeBSD and Ubuntu? I tried that once but couldn't figure out how to fix the boot loader. I couldn't get back into Kubuntu, but that may be because I was triple booting with windows xp too. lol. Its just an idea. If you can figure out the bootloader problem then maybe you dont have to give up FreeBSD :) Good luck! Rachie
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