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I switched my server from Arch to FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE last week and I absolutely love everything about it!
Don't worry Arch, I love you too. FreeBSD would never work on my laptop so there is always a place for you.
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SpeedVin wrote:What vesion of FreeBSD you are using 7.2 or 8.0 Beta 1?
7.2-RELEASE. Thinking about trying 8-BETA2, have not yet though.
As far as VM software, VirtualBox works for me on BSD, however it is not complete yet. VMware3 is in ports. As I don't use VMware I'm not sure how old that is, but it is there- it uses Linux compat, another nice BSD feature.
VMware port in FreeBSD is old as a rock and not usable with SMP or multicores.
Use UNIX or die.
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Anyone here given the recently released FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE a whirl?
I ask because I'm thinking of trying it out on my desktop, about a decade old, which is in need of a stable OS. Have been using Debian Squeeze, but have had some issues.
Just wondering if anyone has any tips in advance of me installing it.
(In the meantime I have my Arch lappy.)
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I have installed FreeBSD 9.0.
If you are thinking about installing gnome,just forget about FreeBSD.Go install ghostBSD or something else.It will save your time.
Apart from that if you want to tweak the OS, you can go digging all the way!
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Unix is user-friendly. It just isn't promiscuous about which users it's friendly with. - Steven King
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If you are thinking about installing gnome,just forget about FreeBSD.Go install ghostBSD or something else.It will save your time.
I agree 100%!
Tim
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I have installed FreeBSD 9.0.
If you are thinking about installing gnome,just forget about FreeBSD.Go install ghostBSD or something else.It will save your time.Apart from that if you want to tweak the OS, you can go digging all the way!
Why exactly is that? Update times?
Would XFCE fare any better? Or should I just use a custom DE like my Arch setup (Openbox, tint2, etc.)?
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Setting up the desktop with auto-mounting devices on gnome 2 is not working in 9.0-RELEASE.For that matter I am not able to auto-mount devices at all.The packagekit has a bug and lots of other issues too.Gnome-shell doesn't build.I don't think gnome 3 will appear on FreeBSD anytime soon.
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For the list of current problems
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/free … 26874.html
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LENOVO Y 580 IVYBRIDGE 660M NVIDIA
Unix is user-friendly. It just isn't promiscuous about which users it's friendly with. - Steven King
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Anyone here given the recently released FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE a whirl?
I ask because I'm thinking of trying it out on my desktop, about a decade old, which is in need of a stable OS. Have been using Debian Squeeze, but have had some issues.
Just wondering if anyone has any tips in advance of me installing it.
(In the meantime I have my Arch lappy.)
I tried FreeBSD 9.0. I generally like it. I decided not to stick with it because I couldn't get it to work with geli.
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They say documentation is good in FreeBSD, but for routine troubles and hiccups there is not enough documentation on website.This is exactly where Arch Linux wins with wiki and moreover our forum is great.The ports are good in FreeBSD compared to ABS but updating ports is such PITA and a whole system update, like 'pacman -Syu' functionality in FreeBSD shall take 3-4 days and it definitely pushes the older hardware to its limits. binary update is not very good, pkg_add is not available for RELEASE versions with recent updates.
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i'm considering switching one of my laptops to freebsd 9.0 for a number of reason
- I would like to check if there is a notable difference in system stability on long uptime
- I like the BSD licence better than the GPLv2 and v3. Even if love Eben Moglen's work, i disagree with some of his arguments (mainly i think that the gplv3 will slow down and not accelerate the use o free software.
- I think there is an issue with the fact that linux as a central role, so that in the end, linux is not really more "bazaar" than "cathedral"
- I like the BSD init and that's why i love arch as a linux distribution
- I would like to give llvm / clang a try
- I don't really think of something that you can do on a linux distro but not on bsd
- i think the daily experience of a kde or dwm user is the same on both platform
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i'm considering switching one of my laptops to freebsd 9.0 for a number of reason
- I would like to check if there is a notable difference in system stability on long uptime
- I like the BSD licence better than the GPLv2 and v3. Even if love Eben Moglen's work, i disagree with some of his arguments (mainly i think that the gplv3 will slow down and not accelerate the use o free software.
- I think there is an issue with the fact that linux as a central role, so that in the end, linux is not really more "bazaar" than "cathedral"
- I like the BSD init and that's why i love arch as a linux distribution
- I would like to give llvm / clang a try
- I don't really think of something that you can do on a linux distro but not on bsd
- i think the daily experience of a kde or dwm user is the same on both platform
I'm planning to do the same.. on my next desktop. It's too painful to stick just to packages for updates with FreeBSD in my experience, and my laptop isn't really up for all that compiling.
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They say documentation is good in FreeBSD, but for routine troubles and hiccups there is not enough documentation on website.This is exactly where Arch Linux wins with wiki and moreover our forum is great.The ports are good in FreeBSD compared to ABS but updating ports is such PITA and a whole system update, like 'pacman -Syu' functionality in FreeBSD shall take 3-4 days and it definitely pushes the older hardware to its limits. binary update is not very good, pkg_add is not available for RELEASE versions with recent updates.
to me this is the main issue, most freebsd supporters agree that the binary side is not really well supported and that's a drain on this os
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Janarto wrote:i'm considering switching one of my laptops to freebsd 9.0 for a number of reason
- I would like to check if there is a notable difference in system stability on long uptime
- I like the BSD licence better than the GPLv2 and v3. Even if love Eben Moglen's work, i disagree with some of his arguments (mainly i think that the gplv3 will slow down and not accelerate the use o free software.
- I think there is an issue with the fact that linux as a central role, so that in the end, linux is not really more "bazaar" than "cathedral"
- I like the BSD init and that's why i love arch as a linux distribution
- I would like to give llvm / clang a try
- I don't really think of something that you can do on a linux distro but not on bsd
- i think the daily experience of a kde or dwm user is the same on both platformI'm planning to do the same.. on my next desktop. It's too painful to stick just to packages for updates with FreeBSD in my experience, and my laptop isn't really up for all that compiling.
I intend to use a very small (suckless like) system with dwm, dmenu, surf, urxvt ...
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Chowchilla
2012-01-20 13:51:46
dude...https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Forum_Etiquette#Old_Threads.2F.27Necro-Bumping.27
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Chowchilla wrote:Chowchilla
2012-01-20 13:51:46dude...https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Forum_Etiquette#Old_Threads.2F.27Necro-Bumping.27
There exist exceptions to that rule; Chowchilla's post was valid in context.
You're three or four weeks late.
If you do see a necrothread, you should report it to the mods and let them handle it.
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I'll just close this as its pretty old and probably not representative of current status (at least the first two pages). If someone starts a new thread on the topic he/she can just link back to this one.
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jasonwryan-Installing Arch is a measure of your literacy. Maintaining Arch is a measure of your diligence. Contributing to Arch is a measure of your competence.
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