Re: [LUG] BSD

[James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Winchurst wrote:

> Thanks for all that info. I have been browsing about BSD. The main one,
> Free-BSD, looks to have a rather involved install set up. I have also
> looked at PC-BSD which looks quite good. Now I will look at NetBSD and
> OpenBSD after your comments.

The FreeBSD install process probably isn't as touchy-feely as some Linux
distributions, but it isn't actually that bad once you get into it.  It
is fairly quick, so not that much of a pain to redo if you decide you've
got it wrong.

What really gives me the willies (and I realise there are people who
think it's far better than yum/rpm/apt) is the package management and
update process.  Unless it's massively improved recently.

I've not used PC-BSD so can't comment on that, but if you have
moderately "normal" hardware, of {Free,Net,Open}BSD I think I'd be
tempted to go with FreeBSD.

James

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