[olug] Easy BSD install - PC BSD

[Jeff Hinrichs]

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Cale Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:14 PM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: Re: [olug] Easy BSD install - PC BSD

I've tried a couple of the FreeBSD LiveCDs and they were a very nice
change 
from the first installation trys of mine a few years ago. They are much
less 
likely to scare first-timers away, the more persistant anyway.

I can also make some copies for anyone local with the same disgusting
dial-up 
speeds I have that's interested in giving them a try. I have the
'LiveBSD KDE 
3.2 Live Desktop', 'FreeSBIE 1.1' (FreeBSD 5.3 on a LiveCD), and I think

'DragonFly BSD 20040510' somewhere around too.

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I've been using FreesBIE 1.1 on a Dell Inspiron laptop for the last
couple months.  It's a very decent live cd.  (I'm partial to fluxbox
anyway<g>)  But then for giggles I installed PC-BSD 0.6 on that same
laptop.  I have to say, for a workstation BSD it is quite usable and an
easy install.  (Remember this is to an older Dell Inspiron laptop)

I'm also curious about how their .pbi install methodology works out.  I
really like the ports system for my servers and higher end machines, but
for ordinary workstations I wanted something easier to manage.

-Jeff