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24-hour Test Drive of PC-BSD

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Re:Dear "people who wish to convert other people" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is it with you cunts and your fucking "decaff"? Don't you get it?
    How about this:
    "Switch to re-caff, doubly fucking caffienated, you fucking wussy!"
    No?
    You like your coffee the way it is?
    Well fancy that!
    Stop telling me what to do, and I'll stop punching you in the face. It's THAT SIMPLE.

  2. Re:I've also test driven PC-BSD by mikael_j · · Score: 0, Troll
    Oops, you wanted to upgrade. In that case you should probably try doing "pkg_delete firefox" first as well..

    Also, this is the quick-and-dirty guide, try looking at The Handbook before trolling... /Mikael

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    Greylisting is to SMTP as NAT is to IPv4
  3. Re:Will somebody please explain... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I for one haven't made the switch because of the GPL. It's complicated and even when a thread about it comes up on /. everyone's got an opinion on what's allowed and there's never any full consensus.

    Meanwhile with the Windows Platform SDK, I know anything I link to is safe and I don't have to worry about restrictions about redistributing anything, so long as the end user's copy of Windows has everything installed.

    If I drop the terse legalese of the EULA for the terse legalese of GPL, what have I won, really? BSD is free without any strings attached. I don't have to worry about my builds or what I link to or have any worries beyond, gasp, actually coding.

  4. Yawn. More Red Hats and Yellow Pants by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's always amusing how the Lunix d00dz and Apple d00dz and FOSSies are always talking about how everyone has to move away from Windows or Office or whatever. Because they just know their offering can't stand on it's own merits, they need to drum up some kind of phony counter-culture vibe.

    How about you just make something PEOPLE want to use, rather than being so hate-obsessed that you are fixated on "converting" Windows users? Nobody wants your FOSSie OS flavor of the week. It used to be Red Hat, then it was Lundows, then it was Ubunghole, now it's PC-BFD.

    Make something which works. Can you drop disk, install, and have it auto-detect and auto-config your computer without having to manually dig around and get things working? If not, it's just as worthless as Lunix. So... rather than whining about how Microsoft is "forcing" people not to use this latest FOSSie trainwreck of an OS... why not get the damn thing to work right?

    Stop chasing Windows 95's tail lights: make a damn OS which can handle hardware, or get out of the damn way and let the real OS makers run the show.