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    Pcbsd

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by theZoid, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    I'm going to try it. I never had because of no liveCD....has anyone done the install?

    I was on the forums over there, and they seem to talk about Linux like it's Windows, in a relative way. Is this what happens? We keep changing distros until we have something so difficult to use we just sit and stare at a black screen full of white text, not knowing what to do next? Is the Peter Principle imminent? Is this how it ends? LOL
     
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    lol......Damn unix'ers.
     
    Thomas, Jul 29, 2008
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  3. elijahRW

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    What in the hell is "Pcbsd"?
     
    elijahRW, Jul 29, 2008
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  4. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    www.pcbsd.org a unix variant, based on FreeBSD
     
    theZoid, Jul 29, 2008
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  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    PC-BSD is a variant of BSD, which borrows heavily from Unix.
     
    Bog, Jul 29, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Haha, Linus Torvalds doesn't think much of the BSD folks either.

    BSD is the only thing I've never touched. Maybe one day I will and make a FreeNAS or just run it for the fun of it.
     
    atbnet, Jul 29, 2008
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  7. theZoid

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    I tried it. It didn't play nice with my hardware, and hosed my Vista boot files. It gave me no option to install boot loader where I wanted. Had a heck of time getting Vista to boot again, and I restore it all the time ;)

    Beware....best suited for a desktop, cabled to internet, where PCBSD is the only OS...BEST suited IMO..... :D However, it's polished and could be impressive with time, but man, when you go back to linux for compatibility, that says something in itself lol
     
    theZoid, Jul 30, 2008
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  8. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    What were those subtle words again? Oh yeah, something like this:

    "Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can’t stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them."

    - Linus Torvalds
     
    Bog, Jul 30, 2008
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  9. theZoid

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    LOL....he's a pretty nice guy though. He could have been another Steve Jobs if he'd gone the marketing route....lol
     
    theZoid, Jul 30, 2008
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  10. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    That's what I was refering to :p
     
    atbnet, Jul 30, 2008
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  11. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Why not try/download the VMWare image since no live cd. That's what I'm going to do.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Jul 30, 2008
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  12. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Hey, LIVEFRMNYC. Haven't seen you around the forums in a while...

    The VMware images are usually a version behind... the latest PC-BSD version is 1.5, while the VM image they offer is 1.4. :/
     
    Bog, Jul 31, 2008
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  13. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Yea, been pretty busy lately. The VMWare version is actually 1.5.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Jul 31, 2008
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  14. Bog

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    Oh; I was checking the torrents, I guess.
     
    Bog, Jul 31, 2008
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