--On March 29, 2011 1:32:23 AM -0400 Jason Hsu <jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com>
wrote:
Some questions:
1. Is it possible to install KDE, GNOME, or other DE from the FreeBSD CD
in a reasonable amount of time? KDE and GNOME are huge programs, and
having to download them would take too long.
I wouldn't recommend installing from the CD for two reasons. 1) The
installation is "old", so you will have to update it anyway. Why not just
build it from source to begin with? 2) You don't have the same flexibility
you do when installing it from ports. There you can pick and choose what
is installed.
Although you think of KDE as huge, it's actually made up of lots of little
pieces and parts, each of which get installed separately when you build
from source. So, you aren't downloading a monolith. You're fetching this
and building it, then that and building it until the entire thing is done.
What it *is* is time consuming.
3. How do I triple-boot Puppy Linux, antiX/Swift
Linux, and DragonflyBSD? I already use a Puppy Linux/Swift Linux dual
boot. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what to put in the
menu.lst file to allow DragonflyBSD to boot. (By contrast, antiX Linux
and Swift Linux automatically add the appropriate entries in menu.lst.)
Why triple boot when you can run VMs? When you triple boot you only have
access to one OS at a time. When you run VMs, you have access to all your
OSes all the time. Much handier and more useful, I think.
4. What are the Linux Mint and Puppy Linux of the BSD universe? I
consider these two distros to set the standard in the Linux universe,
because they're so user-friendly. These are the distros I've set out to
compete against in developing Swift Linux.
FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS. Desktop support is lacking when
compared to the other major OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux). You can make it
work, if you want to, but that's not what its primary function is.
If you want a user friendly desktop OS, FreeBSD is probably not your best
choice.
--
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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