From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 04:09:24 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A924D83 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:09:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patmcevoy@mac.com) Received: from st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (st11p00mm-asmtpout002.mac.com [17.172.81.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0640FA00 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PJMworkRig-2.local (ool-457636b4.dyn.optonline.net [69.118.54.180]) by st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0MKE00HI2JFGYK10@st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:09:17 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8626,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-03-28_08:2013-03-28,2013-03-28,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=48 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1302030000 definitions=main-1303280312 Message-id: <515505DC.5030007@mac.com> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:09:16 -0400 From: Patrick McEvoy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: References: <1678703586.5418.1364515296021.JavaMail.root@mri-mail> In-reply-to: <1678703586.5418.1364515296021.JavaMail.root@mri-mail> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: patmcevoy@mac.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:09:24 -0000 On 3/28/13 8:01 PM, James D. Parra wrote: >> I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't >> play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some >> EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? > [pc/free]bsd *can* be used as a desktop system, but it's really aimed > more at servers... a lot of common desktopy things aren't covered well. > Based on the wording of your question it sounds like you're new to > non-windows systems. I'd suggest you look into some flavor of linux > instead (eg; "ubuntu" or "mint"): they'll be geared more towards what > you'd be looking for I think. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Why not PC-BSD? Easy to install and has a great looking and functional desktop. > > http://www.pcbsd.org/ > > Best regards, > > James > _______________________________________________ > 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" +1 for PCBSD. I put together a PCBSD system for my sister who is not very technical and she likes it. It does everything she needs. She even prefers the version of Open Office to the MS version she uses at work. P