Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:32:01 -0500 From: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> To: 'Jason Hsu' <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Easiest desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <20318_1301430722_4D9241C2_20318_86_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BD354C76@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <20110329144527.c009ba8b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> References: <20110329144527.c009ba8b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
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I've always "heard" PC-BSD is the way to go on the desktop, so if that's no= t going too well then I'm not sure. I don't think there is a BSD that Paris and Jessica would be able to instal= l. Then again, that's not really what made them noteworthy. =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f= reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jason Hsu Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 2:45 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Easiest desktop BSD distro I want to learn BSD. I find that the best way to familiarize myself with a= distro is to adopt it as my main distro (for web browsing, email, word pro= cessing, etc.).=20=20 But the challenge of BSD have so far proven too much for me. It would take= too long to configure FreeBSD to my liking. I couldn't figure out what to= enter in GRUB to multi-boot Linux and BSD. I tried PC-BSD, GhostBSD, and = DragonflyBSD in VirtualBox. I've found PC-BSD agonizingly slow to install = and operate, and KDE didn't even boot up when I logged in. GhostBSD has to= o many things that don't work, such as the keyboard on my laptop and my Int= ernet connection on my desktop. DragonflyBSD didn't boot up in Virtualbox. I recommend Linux Mint as a first Linux distro. It's user-friendly, well-e= stablished, widely used, includes codecs/drivers that Ubuntu doesn't, and h= as a Windows-like user interface. For those with older computers, I recomm= end Puppy Linux or antiX Linux as a first distro. I'm looking for the anal= ogous choice in the BSD world. So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro? What desktop BSD = distro is so easy to use that even Paris Hilton or Jessica "Chicken of the = Sea" Simpson can handle it? Please keep in mind that I have a slow Internet connection, and these BSD d= istros are ENORMOUS. It took some 12-14 hours to download PC-BSD. --=20 Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> _______________________________________________ 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" <font size=3D"1"> <div style=3D'border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0i= n 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>
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