Thinking about PC-BSD?

Edward78 · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:01

Should I wait for it to mature more?

titchard · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:06

I believe NetBSD is a better option in my opinion.

It seems to be further advanced than the PC-BSD Distribution.

Rich

Una · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:48

FreeBSD/NetBSD and OpenBSD are the main ones. I used to run FreeBSD on one of my servers - was rock solid as a server however I wouldn't want to use it for a desktop. Linux is much better in that respect imo.

Edward78 · 3 Jan 2007 at 23:28

Una said:
FreeBSD/NetBSD and OpenBSD are the main ones. I used to run FreeBSD on one of my servers - was rock solid as a server however I wouldn't want to use it for a desktop. Linux is much better in that respect imo.

I would use PC-BSD for the desktop & I love how the .PBI system sounds. Linux is missing the easy install option for most software.

Una · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:41

Edward78 said:
I would use PC-BSD for the desktop & I love how the .PBI system sounds. Linux is missing the easy install option for most software.

I don't think you get much easier than apt-get or portage package managers imo.

GraemeUK · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:43

Una said:
I don't think you get much easier than apt-get or portage package managers imo.

Agreed. I started as a Linux newbie not so long ago and in a very short space of time I had it mastered.

dirtydog · 6 Jan 2007 at 10:24

Una said:
I don't think you get much easier than apt-get or portage package managers imo.

Heh - this sort of attitude is why Linux / BSD will never be mainstream.

I'll tell you what you don't get any easier than: double-clicking on an installer package icon, á la Windows and Mac OS X. That is what PC-BSD provides.

@Edward78, have you tried it yet?

Una · 6 Jan 2007 at 11:33

dirtydog said:
Heh - this sort of attitude is why Linux / BSD will never be mainstream.

I'll tell you what you don't get any easier than: double-clicking on an installer package icon, á la Windows and Mac OS X. That is what PC-BSD provides.

@Edward78, have you tried it yet?

Maybe some of us don't want it to become main stream?

leezer3 · 6 Jan 2007 at 11:57

Well, what do you think a decent package manager does then?
Double-click on the RPM/ DEB/ whatever else in question, and its totally possible to set the system up to find and install the package & any dependencies automatically.

-Leezer-

dirtydog · 6 Jan 2007 at 12:07

With PC-BSD you don't have dependencies. I've used various Linux distros and none of them come close to its simplicity of installing software.

Caged · 6 Jan 2007 at 12:20

Una said:
Maybe some of us don't want it to become main stream?

What advantage does that bring?

Una · 6 Jan 2007 at 12:24

Caged said:
What advantage does that bring?

Nothing, just saying either way couldn't care less if more people use linux or not so long as it does the job for me im happy. I think the package managers are fine as they are, not to mention I use the console for pretty much everything and hardly use the GUI apart from browsing the net. For me typing apt-get install whatever is quicker than navigating through multiple directory structures and then double clicking a package...

porkrind · 6 Jan 2007 at 15:44

watch this flash demo

looks really nice and simple to use might put on my nan pc

GraemeUK · 6 Jan 2007 at 16:24

Umm.....that is a longer way of doing it. apt-get is quicker, and the debian package manager is much quicker too.

leezer3 · 6 Jan 2007 at 22:56

Yup, and the dependancies part is not really true either. Any BSD app will still depend on system level libraries to do its stuff. The main difference is that they've chosen to include both the app & the libraries that it uses inside a fancy installer.

Much rather have apt-get or portage.

-Leezer-