From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 9 15:59:21 2007 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 CA67516A418 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (66-230-99-27-cdsl-rb1.nwc.acsalaska.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E4313C461 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (smoochies [192.168.1.50]) by snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2EA01CCA6 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:41:34 -0800 (AKDT) Received: by smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C2BE328415; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:41:34 -0800 (AKDT) From: rachie To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:41:34 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709020222.21000.mchauber@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200709020222.21000.mchauber@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709090741.34634.freebsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out.... 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: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:59:21 -0000 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