[Tfug] Anyone tried out PC-BSD?

[brandon]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Eric Gearhart <eric at nixwizard.net> wrote:

> Has anyone tried out PC-BSD? It's basically FreeBSD but with a pretty
> slick looking package manager called PBI, that actually looks
> reminiscent of the way that software is installed on Mac OS X... .pbi
> files include all the dependencies self contained, much the same way
> .apps on OS X work. Plus it looks like with a little bit of work you
> can install to a ZFS filesystem... that's pretty cool stuff
>
> Here's the Slashdot article if anyone's interested:
>
> http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/10/02/26/1549215/PC-BSD-80-Release-Focuses-On-Desktop-Use
>
> Here's a "screenshot tour" of the install:
>
> http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/838-bsd-is-now-much-easier-for-desktop-use-with-pc-bsd-80-installation-and-screenshots
>
> Screenshots of the OS itself are kinda pointless... it's a KDE 4
> desktop, so it er, looks like a KDE 4 desktop :P
>
> PC-BSD 8.0 looks really tempting... FreeBSD with a graphical
> installer, a focus on the desktop, fast and lean, and ZFS?
> Hmm where's that blank DVD spindle of mine....
>
> --
> Eric
>
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I haven't used the newest PC-BSD but I had no issues installing the previous
versions. The install was straight forward and the nvidia drivers were
installed at the time of install. I think it can be a good choice for
someone that wants to get to know FreeBSD but doesn't feel they are up to
doing a standard FreeBSD install.
>From what I remember, there were a decent selection of PBI's but I still
ended up having to add other software through ports. I am guessing there are
more PBI's available now then there were when I had it installed.

-Brandon
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