Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:39:02 +0200 From: Jerome Herman <jherman@dichotomia.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore Message-ID: <4E24C416.9020207@dichotomia.fr> In-Reply-To: <23159_1311031267_4E24BFE3_23159_38_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C5218659@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <CAGwOe2YpUXgFx1f_1UWHNt4S=p=X1Soa348KWR9BTrjxF0bAwA@mail.gmail.com> <4E22DFE9.7050007@pathscale.com> <201107172016.30727.lobo@bsd.com.br> <4E23989F.7010701@gmail.com> <4e242fab.s4vpgxxZEUq0LFDq%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <1311017168.44397.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C521864F@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <23159_1311031267_4E24BFE3_23159_38_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C5218659@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>
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On 19/07/2011 01:21, Gary Gatten wrote: > <snip> > > This may get me flamed (probably will) but I'm wondering what the relationship is between FreeBSD and PC-BSD? PERHAPS if they were to somehow join forces, share development load, etc. and "unify" the FreeBSD offerings under one roof; ie: PC-BSD and SERVER-BSD. Basically, PC-BSD is just a layer of candy over an almost untouched FreeBSD, so it is not the same at all than what you can see with Linux distros. PC-BSD offers a graphical and simple installer, and an arguably easier package system. Also it installs KDE and automatically makes a few decisions. You can actually just use the graphical installer in order to install a standard FreeBSD, even if some tricky options won't be available from the installer (but you can still run sysinstall later to activate them) I personnally use it as an easy installer for Crypto-ZFS servers. > > I believe several flavors of Linux have successfully done this. Perhaps for licensing reasons more than technical, but nonetheless there were two offerings each focused on either a desktop or server deployment strategy. > > Just a thought. I'm not married to any particular OS - it's a tool and I use what suites my needs best. I enjoy FreeBSD and like what it stands for - I would like to see it grow; both technically and in popularity. Well the PC-BSD layer gives a great installer, now the only thing needed would be a great server/daemons management layer. But that is very tough to create. Some dedicated distributions exists that do have this layer, such as FreeNAS or PFSense. But I am not a big fan of either. The thing is, once you get the hang of FreeBSD, you end up missing the additional options and tweaks that an automated GUI will necessarily hide. A FreeBSD distro with LDAP, ACL and MAC management would be nice though. > > Now, if only FreeBSD could find a mascot that didn't offend me so much... > > > G > > PS: yes, I'm being sarcastic about being offended; referring to threads that pop up on occasion re "Beastie" > > > > > > <font size="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'> > </div> > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email > and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by > return email and delete this email from your system." > </font> > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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