2008/11/5 Brett Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nick Rout wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Brett Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Similar code - different foci. >>> >>> PcBSD is the desktop version. Nice but I still prefer Linux. >>> FreeBSD is the server version. I run this both at work and home for my >>> servers. >>> OpenBSD is the paranoically secure version. Never needed this. >>> >>> hth >>> Brett. >>> >> >> Getting rather OT but freebsd on its own works fine as a desktop. >> PCBSD screws it up by trying to introduce a packaging system which is >> ultimately at odds with the underlying portage system. (IMHO)
> Agree with you there. Indeed, but in my exp, PC-BSD works very well provided you limit your selection of packages to the mainline ones provided by the PC-BSD PBI packaging system. IMHO, _In practice_, there's now not much difference between Linux and the *BSDs, provided you can remember the differences in the utility programs' flags and options. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
