On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:12:49 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However-2. I installed PC-BSD the other month and found the install process > by > far the simplest I have experienced. While it may be heresy to say it here, I > can duck the missiles, it just worked for me. It comes with a packaging > system all of its own as well as using the FreeBSD ports system. Some of the > packages were not as up to date as those to which I am accusomed on my Linux > distribution of choice Really? I find freebsd ports to be far more up to date than gentoo, unless you are running gentoo ~x86 (ie testing/unstable). I am mainly thinking of multimedia stuff, but thats not the limit of it. > , but overall I can wholeheartedly recommend it, both > for new refugees and also for the more seasoned of us wanting to have a go > with a BSD unix. Heartily agreed. Have it on my laptop, and it "just works".
