Is there any interest in the FreeBSD/Gentoo project ?
Gentoo was always my distro of choice, and I later found OpenBSD. Now
I've found found this combo that's great (I'll go with FreeBSD instead of OpenBSD) if I can just get an install going.
'Just "testing the waters"............
G00SE9 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostI know about it, but I get by fine with Gentoo (which I'm using less and less), so I never tried it out. Good luck though ;)
Jump to PostDoesn't pcBSD cost money? Like netBSd and openBSD.
Um, all of those are free.
Jump to Post>Nobody asked you.
I'm sorry, but this is a public forum. You can't ask a question publicly and then pick and choose who's going to answer it.
Jump to Post>IMO no need to be sorry, Joe. the guy is outright rude.
What do you know?
It doesn't take a genius...
Anyway, OpenBSD and FreeBSD are both free, OpenBSD unfortunately lacks some of the 'features' that I like with FreeBSD, and doesn't have the same ports tree :x
Jump to Postopenbsd is built with an emphasis on security
i like it for my mail server
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Sturm 270 Veteran Poster
I don't think its on many people's radar.
Infarction 503 Posting Virtuoso
I know about it, but I get by fine with Gentoo (which I'm using less and less), so I never tried it out. Good luck though ;)
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
freebsd is very popular as a server distro. not my choice for a desktop though
John Mullins 0 Newbie Poster
Hello everyone! Just joined the forum. I am currently looking at PCBSD, which is supposed to be a desktop version of the server program. It is supposed to be easier to navigate your computer and easier to load than than other versions. I will let you know if I can ever get the computer I want to put it on going. A friend gave it to me. Said he went to put a different OS on it and it won't work anymore. It appears to be in a boot up loop with setup not complete. I have tried another HD and it does the same. It appears the BIOS is messed up. I have tried finding something on the BIOS, but have nothing that looks like it would work. That is why I joined this forum, to see if I can find some help. Off to check another thread.
TheNNS 112 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Doesn't pcBSD cost money? Like netBSd and openBSD.
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
openBSD is free
TheNNS 112 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok, nevermind then. for some reason i thought it cost money.
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
Doesn't pcBSD cost money? Like netBSd and openBSD.
Um, all of those are free.
Sturm 270 Veteran Poster
openBSD is perhaps the most "free" of all the *nixes.
TheNNS 112 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
>Um, all of those are free.
Nobody asked you.
Sturm, how is openBSD the most free?
Sturm 270 Veteran Poster
>Sturm, how is openBSD the most free?
No binary blobs.
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
>Nobody asked you.
I'm sorry, but this is a public forum. You can't ask a question publicly and then pick and choose who's going to answer it.
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
>Nobody asked you.
I'm sorry, but this is a public forum. You can't ask a question publicly and then pick and choose who's going to answer it.
IMO no need to be sorry, Joe. the guy is outright rude.
TheNNS 112 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
>IMO no need to be sorry, Joe. the guy is outright rude.
What do you know?
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
What do you know?
only what I see. if you have a private problem - take it to the private messages.
blud 82 Linux Reject Moderator
>IMO no need to be sorry, Joe. the guy is outright rude.
What do you know?
It doesn't take a genius...
Anyway, OpenBSD and FreeBSD are both free, OpenBSD unfortunately lacks some of the 'features' that I like with FreeBSD, and doesn't have the same ports tree :x
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
openbsd is built with an emphasis on security
i like it for my mail server
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