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A very apt summary. Can anyone recommend something from The Other Side of the fence for desktop/laptop use? One of the BSDs? A spinoff from Solaris? Or, someth
by joepvd 12y ago
A very apt summary.
Can anyone recommend something from The Other Side of the fence for desktop/laptop use? One of the BSDs? A spinoff from Solaris? Or, something else?
I currently use archlinux, and value the rolling release approach with precompiled binaries.
- techdragon 12y agoFreeBSD and the very desktop friendly PC-BSD
- justincormack 12y agoPC-BSD is the obvious option targeted at desktop. Normal.FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD are also options. The Solaris spinoffs are pretty much server targeted so not really recommended.
- kjs3 12y agoI run FreeBSD on most things that I care about running long term these days, tho PC-BSD probably makes more sense for end-user use. I'll caveat that by saying *BSD isn't Linux, and it does a lot of stuff differently, so expect a learning curve and a need to embrace certain new ways of doing things.