snipe wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> PC-BSD 7 Released
>>
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>> | This release marks a milestone for PC-BSD, by moving to the latest
>> FreeBSD | 7-Stable and also incorporating the KDE 4.1.1 desktop. Users
>> will immediately | notice the improved visual interface that KDE 4.1.1
>> offers, as well as a | large improvement in hardware support and speed
>> from the update to FreeBSD | 7-Stable.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/story/20289/PC-BSD_7_Released
>
> I get the feeling the PC-BSD guys are trying to emulate Apple's success
> at building OSX on top of FreeBSD. However, Apple only had to support
> their own hardware, whereas PC-BSD needs to support a very wide range of
> undocumented hardware built by thousands of vendors. As a server OS with
> limited development manpower, FreeBSD lacks that broad support for
> consumer devices and isn't likely ever to have it.
I've used PC-BSD and it did a really good job of supporting the hardware I
threw at it. My main problem was my own lack of experience and ignorance --
if there wasn't a PBI for the program I wanted, I didn't know how to
download the source and build it for myself. I would say the easy access to
a large program repository would be more limiting than its hardware
support.
As for "building OSX on top of FreeBSD" -- PC-BSD has always used KDE.
Version 7 uses KDE 4.1.1.
I realize that the user base is much smaller in BSD than Linux, but PC-BSD
doesn't stand alone -- it's built on FreeBSD, which has been around for
quite a while.
--
RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
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