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DesktopBSD 1.0 Final Released
Don Church writes "DesktopBSD is reporting that the 1.0 Final of DesktopBSD was released today for both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 architectures. This cutting edge FreeBSD derivative now includes KDE 3.5.1 and a host of tools designed to make the BSD experience more palatable to novices. The DVD release even includes Amarok, Firefox and other popular software ready to go. They are offering downloads via several mirrors or the official torrent."
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BSD is dead
Choice is good. The OSS ecosystem is healthier with two viable desktop systems to choose from, rather than just Linux. However, my experience has been that FreeBSD is a lot more appropriate for a server than for a desktop machine. Maybe DesktopBSD will help to change that, but I'm doubtful. The big problem I ran into with using FreeBSD as a desktop system was that the ports system wasn't robust enough. The software you need on a typical server is actually a lot smaller and simpler than the software you need on a desktop machine. At any given time, I was never able to run more than about 75% of the desktop apps that I wanted to run. I tried portupgrade, but that often did more harm than good. I'm still thrilled with FreeBSD as a server system, but I've switched my desktops to Ubuntu, and everything Just Works(tm).
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Most people have a hard time remembering if their CPU is made by Pentium or made by Intel.
Even worse the average slashdot poster has trouble sorting out AMD/Intel as well.
Lol at your spelling!