Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Review: PC-BSD 1.5
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | PC-BSD, a strong contender for the top desktop distribution out there, has
> | once again grown, going from version 1.3 to 1.5 in just under a year. In
> | that time it's grown, prospered, and had it's fair share of growing pains as
> | well. But version 1.5 is only one subversion up from the previous version
> | 1.4 that we reviewed. So what makes version 1.5 better than its predecessors
> | and worth a look from us? Well, let's have a look.
> `----
>
> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=400
I tested PC-BSD 1.4 and was pretty enthusiast about the distro. It has
two issues IMHO: its license (I personally prefer the GNU General Public
License over the BSD License) and it's "package management", which is
"Click and Run" alike and the distro also provides a GUI front end for
the ports collection.
My conclusion in the article "Joe Sixpack goes BSD" was already: We long
term GNU/Linux users, must be a bunch of spoiled bast.... .
What do I have against the ports collection?
Well from a recent discussion in a Dutch NG, featuring a Sabayon User.
It seems that the advantage of compiling ports yourself is pretty
limited. So why going true a lot of hassle if its almost not worth the
afford?
Of course PC-PSD has some educational value to those who want an
introduction to BSD and the ports collection. Yet again is it really
worth the afford with 300+ active GNU/Linux distributions with great
package managment systems?
Cheers
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