Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:00:08 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <20080904190008.GA19413@sysmon.tcworks.net> In-Reply-To: <20080904062053.GA5953@icarus.home.lan> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <48BEEB55.4050406@madpilot.net> <E3C0561D-9BFA-46CD-B624-0CE49549AF2C@airwired.net> <20080904062053.GA5953@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:20:53PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 03:01:48PM -0600, Dan Allen wrote: > > On 3 Sep 2008, at 1:53 PM, Guido Falsi wrote: > >> If you just want na instant workstation, why you just don't try > >> Freesbie or something like that? > > > > Because I want something from the source -- from the main team -- and > > not something downstream. > > I think what you might be looking for is, believe it or not, PC-BSD. I > believe you can install PC-BSD and get a working X desktop with a > browser and all that jazz right out of the box. Don't forget DesktopBSD. I'm not a big user of PC-BSD or DesktopBSD. My desktop operating system is Mac OS X. My servers are FreeBSD WITHOUT_X11=YES. Howeever, it is my understanding, from what I've read, that DesktopBSD tries to stay closer to "the source" in that they use the ports collection to install most of the "make it easier for end-users" stuff. They seem to have an installer and some extra ports. That may give you more of the warm fuzzies than PC-BSD. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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