24-hour Test Drive of PC-BSD · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @08:11AM from the might-get-a-few-reluctant-IT-folks-on-board dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica has a concise introduction to PC-BSD, a FreeBSD derivative that emphasizes ease of use and aims to convert Windows users. The review describes the installation process, articulates the advantages of PC-BSD,and reveal some of the challenges that the reviewer faced along the way. From the article: 'In the end, I would suggest this distribution to new users provided they had someone to call in case of a driver malfunction during installation. I would also recommend PC-BSD to seasoned Unix users that have never tried using FreeBSD before and would prefer a shallower learning curve before getting down to business.'"

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Re:Do we really need this? by Mattintosh · 2007-06-19 10:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It has installed just fine on every PC I've ever tried it on. Of course, those were all PC's made by Apple.

Oh, you meant non-Apple hardware. Good luck with that unsupported mess. Just get Ubuntu for that pile of parts, you'll be far better off than trying to duct-tape a Mac OS X install onto a "beige" box.