Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:16:58 -0800 From: Brian Raynes <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us> To: "Joel M. Fulton" <jfulton@e3tech.net> Cc: freebsd newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Would like comments and opinions regarding desktop OS switch Message-ID: <3B8E750A.D39A8A48@dnr.state.ak.us> References: <03d201c12fcc$ce04a7d0$0801a8c0@corp.trigeo.com> <3B8BC040.8D50C36E@dnr.state.ak.us> <046d01c12fdd$e59dda90$0801a8c0@corp.trigeo.com>
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"Joel M. Fulton" wrote: > > Interesting (to me) side note - I grew up in Anchorage... So did I, I was only gone a few years for college. > I've performed many OpenBSD install/setups (only > as firewall/vpn/router, but I really like its simplicity and resultant > management ease) I agree - if there was a few more "niceties", I'd probably use it exclusively. I'm sure there are some who have no need for the things that OpenBSD doesn't provide. >that's the main reason I'm looking at > Debian with their apt-get/dselect tool. I've only heard good things about that. I went through the install on Debian once. For FreeBSD and Debian, a few tries at the install are what I needed to get the balance between clean, minimal and convenient right. If I didn't like Slackware so much, I'd probably use Debian for that niche. >I've not used CVS a great deal - > any thoughts on that? - particularly with regard to updating ports/os? I > am expecting to have to work and learn - anything of value requires effort - > but ceaseless, frustrating toil is why I'm in the middle of the pack of rats > deserting the MS ship. I've not actually set CVSup up yet. I don't get much time to work on my home machines - a couple of toddlers and a wife make that tough, although I don't really mind having a "real" life. I've read on how to set CVS up a lot, and it looks very simple, as these things go. I've used the ports and packages system, though, and it works great. I've never had any problems with that. Far less than I've had on the relatively few attempts to use RPMs on Redhat (in fairness that was RH 5.1). > What you describe fits my needs well - I don't have huge requirements, bleed > plenty at work, and would prefer simplicity, but I want the damn thing to > work and work well. From what I can tell, FreeBSD will definitely do that, although those are strengths for Debian as well, from what I've heard. For this type of thing, I believe that open source operating systems provide an embarrassment of riches :) Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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