Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 18th May 2006 08:23 UTC
"PC-BSD aims to be an easy to use desktop operating system, based on FreeBSD. As many Linux users, I have little or no knowledge about FreeBSD. I heard many rumors about it. I read about it and about its history. I even tried it a little while ago and, although I appreciated some aspects of it, I came to the conclusion that it wasn't ready for the desktop. So when I read the announcement of PC-BSD being released, I decided to have a look at it." Read the review at LinuxForums.
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Member since:2005-08-02
Hi Mediv,
there's already a pbi for DesktopBSD-tools, please see:
http://www.pbidir.com/packages.php?code=149
As far as I can see in a second these are not all the tools. I don't know if that works without flaws, sorry, but you may want to test it.
Maybe there is a howto somewhere but I had no time to check that.
Please don't forget to have a look at:
http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:desktopbsd_tools_in_free...
Best regards, Daniel
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2006-05-10
"And you can install FreeBSD 6.1 and use the DesktopBSD tools (see http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/desktopbsd-tools/ ). "
I've just gotten this idea: for those who prefer PC-BSD but want to have tools for the port management system instead of PBI, it is surely possible to install DesktopBSD tools in PC-BSD!
Why not, as these tools are present in FreeBSD ports?
Of course, in order to do that, one will have to know a bit of CLI and of FreeBSD port system. But I am sure someone will create a tool to allow newbie installing DesktopBSD tools in PC-BSD one day or another. :-)
Warning: I dit not try to do that, it is just an idea.
Edited 2006-05-19 07:28