Meet UbuntuBSD, UNIX For Human Beings

prisoninmate writes: What's ubuntuBSD? Well, it's not that hard to figure out yourself, but just in case you're not sure, we can tell you that ubuntuBSD promises to bring the power of the FreeBSD kernel to Ubuntu Linux. The best part of using the FreeBSD kernel is that you'll end up using the famous Z File System, or ZFS. Xfce is also included along with the popular Firefox, LibreOffice, and Ubuntu Software Center apps. ubuntuBSD is inspired by the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD project, it is hosted on SourceForge, and has been created by Jon Boden.

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Re:Why would anyone want this?

[KGIII]

I keep going back to a VM with GhostBSD. Man, I really wish I could get past a few things and run it on bare metal. I really like my browser and I really like VMWare. If I can get past that, I can use GhostBSD. I just can't do it. I really, really don't like Firefox. I really don't like VirtualBox. I understand there's a shim to get Linux software running but I've no idea how to make it work properly and get Opera and VMWare working. I'd *love* to switch to GhostBSD.

I've HAMMERED on it via VM. I've thrown gobs of data at it for fun. I've stripped away its resources and beat the hell of it. It slows down, boy does it slow down, but it takes it. It has yet to freeze, it has yet to fail, it has yet to do anything it wasn't meant to do. I've pushed, pulled, injected, ejected, poked, prodded, compressed, twisted, and pressed like I was having my way with a fat woman in the back of a bar in Juarez. And, like a fat chick, it's taken it all and asked for but a box of Ho-hos in return.

I'd love to put it in bare metal and have my way with it - again, like a fat woman in the back of a bar in Juarez. But, it just can't keep me satisfied yet - and the future isn't looking too bright either. Hmm... GhostBSD is a fat woman in the back of a Juarez bar. That does have some positive attributes, I guess. And, like her, I can keep going back for more.