OS: PC-BSD, installed !
PC-BSD is an Open Source Operating System based on FreeBSD, which aim at easy to use while still secure and mature inherited from FreeBSD.
Just a quick posted:
I installed PC-BSD on a desktop PC Pentium 4/2.66GHz/512MB RAM and on Centrino/1.7GHz/512MB RAM laptop.
The installer detected the installed hardwares in desktop and laptop very well, installation process was in hi-res mode, automatically set to the best available resolution on my 17″ LCD and 12″ WXGA on laptop, and took about 20 minutes for complete installation of cd #1. Almost “just click [NEXT]“, typing only on entering administrator and default user form.
Cool.
After logging on, I set to “not automatically logged on” when asked during installation, thus I have to enter the correct user/password, KDE appear.
Seems very fast, and desktop also very responsive.
There’s no “big applications” like OpenOffice or The GIMP, those are on Extra CD, which I did not install yet.
Played around, PC-BSD impressed me. I have to install Extra CD, and trying whether it still fast.
Yach… try any kind of Linux in the new hardware was not so fantastic. But, if u can run Linux as fast as Windows at OLD PC (below PIII), that’s really great I think.
It’s seem U have some raise or otherside job! Congrat pal!
I’m still with my OLD AMD and my kids still happy to use it with a lot of games that we can play, of course download for free (not all free, I have to buy rapidshare account then, he.. he.. ).
Any good opportunity or good news in Bali or other country?
Peace …..
With P4 up, and with latest Linux kernel, seems Linux/FreeBSD quite ok for desktop and casual users.
But after some months, Windows will slow down, need more time for starting up and shutting down, slower performance than fresh installation. I do reinstallation every 3 months.
And on Linux, seems “slower” but it will stay the same, and I didn’t experience a slow-down, and after 5-6 months I install another distros
My primary OS still XP, but my notebook have PC-BSD dan DreamLINUX for doing web graphics.
I have a PC with PC-BSD with MAME Game Emulator for gaming. So far no complaints.
Btw, I use older PC for servers: 2 P2 as Smoothwall, 2 P3 as PfSense. Yes, only console and web-administration mode.