On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:10:52 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 January 2007, Nick Rout wrote: > > 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 run ~x86. Partly as I like having the latest toys with which to play. They > are only on the bleeding edge, but also because I am not financially > dependent on my computer working, I can afford to be a beta tester, and yes I > have found a few bugs bugs and reported on them. > > > I am mainly thinking of multimedia stuff, but thats not the limit of it. > I am going to rebuild my BSD box with the new PC-BSD which was released just > the other day. (26-Jan.) I have the iso if you want me to burn one, I'll add it to the piles of CD's in my office that are waiting for you :-)
