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MONODA
May 9th, 2008, 08:07 PM
I would like to know what people have experienced using the different BSDs in the desktop environment. I am currently using FreeBSD and have only learned a bit. What have others come to find with Open, Net and Dragon BSD?
cardinals_fan
May 10th, 2008, 12:30 AM
I would like to know what people have experienced using the different BSDs in the desktop environment. I am currently using FreeBSD and have only learned a bit. What have others come to find with Open, Net and Dragon BSD?
I love NetBSD. It's stable, fast, and not too much of a pain to set up. Pkgsrc is a godsend. Though Net doesn't include a DE by default, there are some Xfree86 sets on the install CD that work well. DragonFly has a huge amount of potential, but it needs some work. Their implementation of pkgsrc is a bit incomplete.

Some NetBSD resources
Home Page: http://www.netbsd.org/
Guide: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/index.html
Additional Pkgsrc Guide: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/index.html
Wiki (under construction): http://wiki.netbsd.se/Main_Page
A Great Pkgsrc Resource: http://test.pkgsrc.se/
MONODA
May 10th, 2008, 05:05 AM
thanks for your reply but what is pkgsrc? is it like pkg_add bu instead it installs from the ports? thanks
cardinals_fan
May 10th, 2008, 05:53 AM
thanks for your reply but what is pkgsrc? is it like pkg_add bu instead it installs from the ports? thanks
Pkgsrc is NetBSD's software installation system. Google is your friend: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/introduction.html
MONODA
May 10th, 2008, 06:02 AM
lol thanks
SunnyRabbiera
May 11th, 2008, 06:12 PM
Well most swear by Desktop BSD as the easiest, me I want to try it in a virtualbox sometime.
cardinals_fan
May 11th, 2008, 08:17 PM
Well most swear by Desktop BSD as the easiest, me I want to try it in a virtualbox sometime.
It definitely is the easiest. Highly recommended.
Antman
May 11th, 2008, 09:44 PM
DesktopBSD has a weekly snapshot for those that want to try out version 1.7 which is based on FreeBSD 7.0. Check it out here:
ftp://ftp.desktopbsd.net/pub/DesktopBSD/Snapshots/
cardinals_fan
May 11th, 2008, 11:47 PM
DesktopBSD has a weekly snapshot for those that want to try out version 1.7 which is based on FreeBSD 7.0. Check it out here:
ftp://ftp.desktopbsd.net/pub/DesktopBSD/Snapshots/
Which MONODA probably wants, as he (or she) has a wireless card supported by the wpi driver, first included in FreeBSD 7.0.
MONODA
May 12th, 2008, 07:11 AM
thanks, Ill check that out.