"i still need my desktop to be up to task and not have to start looking for graphics adapters... etc etc "
*BSD systems were not made to be a walk in the park, that's why they're very stable, if setup correctly. I'd recommend running BSD-based Live CDs to see what tickles your fancy: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs) * Anonym.OS – an OpenBSD-based disk for secure anonymous web browsing * BSDanywhere - an OpenBSD-based live CD featuring Enlightenment * DesktopBSD – as of 1.6RC1[1] FreeBSD and FreeSBIE based * DragonFly BSD * FreeBSD – has supported use of a "fixit" CD for diagnostics since 1996 * FreeNAS – m0n0wall-based * FreeSBIE – FreeBSD-based * Frenzy – FreeBSD-based portable system administrator toolkit * Ging – Debian GNU/kFreeBSD-based * m0n0wall – FreeBSD-based * pfSense – m0n0wall-based * PC-BSD – FreeBSD-based - PC-BSD is a complete desktop operating system * Jibbed – NetBSD-based On 8/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:41 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
hi guys , in an attempt to venture out there onto a non-linux environment, i would love to try out one of the other BSD's. however i have no clue why there is free, desktop and open bsd/s and additionally someone is ranting all good about solaris. Anyone know how different my experience will be moving from debian/ubuntu to freebsd / solaris?
@Brainiac,
What exactly would you like to do? I have used FreeBSD for a long time, same as PCBSD. Forget DesktopBSD as they are lagging so much behind in the *BSD code!
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