Bsd, has anyone used it before?

[drosophyllum]

I know this is the ubuntu forum but im getting interested in bsd... So has anyone used it before? Can someone recomend me to a distro? Why did you like or hate it?

Thanks

[richbarna]

I know this is the ubuntu forum but im getting interested in bsd... So has anyone used it before? Can someone recomend me to a distro? Why did you like or hate it?

Thanks

See this post from "Other Linux Talk", It's from the "sticky" at the top where we test and grade distros :)

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1319746&postcount=8

[baldy1324]

i was kind of dissapointed, i tried freebsd 6 and it didn't recognize my nvidia ethernet that was supported in linux kernel 2.4.something. its package managment system is messed up, they combine source ports and binary packages which is just messy. kde and gnome look horrible. but it you are looking for something that is very reliable and DOSEN'T crash-this is it.

i have tried pc-bsd and i was very impressed-it uses a beautiful installer and kde desktop combined with the stable freebsd base is great. it has an rpm-like package mangment system, where you download packages in .pbi format which include dependencies in the file!!! but linux already does this
so my recommendation server-bsd desktop-linux

[Arisna]

I tried FreeBSD for about a month, on several computers. There seemed to be some major stability problems in X11, but at the command line it was rock-solid.

[slimdog360]

Ive used freebsd6 and desktopbsd. Both very good. But I had trouble with the ports system. FreeBSD was, like someone already mentioned, rock solid. Even though I was using the same desktop environment I could tell the difference between linux and BSD.
If it wernt for some troubles with the ports system Id still be using it.
Id recommend giving PCBSD a try, I havent used it but from what Ive seen it seems to be the easiest.

[SkyNet2029]

I currently use Pc-BSD1.2 and Open-BSD3.8 on my desktop..(multi-booting with xppro/server2k3/pcBSD/OpenBSD/Kubuntu).
Of the two, the PcBSD is by far the easier and more forgiving of the two. Either way they are extremely stable (unless you do silly stuff to them like I do). and show massive potential if you like the ability to run like a multi-tasker on steroids.
I have to add yet another comment about the CLI being rock-solid
along with far more documentation available. 'Proly due to its age, no doubt. I too found the transition to their PBI system making me want to poke mine eyes out for awhile though. Hang in there, it's worth it.

I still can't decide if I like the KDE that ships with Kubuntu more than the one on PcBSD, as IMHO the BSD one seems more refined.