Category Archives: PC-BSD

Linux too vanilla? Try this

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Gerard

Yesterday we wrote about a review of PC-BSD by LinuxHelp, but a week ago (15/07/2007) The Inquirer also reviewed this Desktop OS: “Linux too vanilla? Try this – PC-BSD 1.3: Basic, simple, does the job” It went on first time, … Continue reading →

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PC-BSD 1.3.4 Review

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Gerard

LinuxHelp has just (22/05/2007) posted an interesting and balanced review of the latest version of PC-BSD. Some of the suggestions for improvement (3-5) will be included in the upcoming version 1.4 (June/July 2007). Though PC-BSD is not a Linux distriution, … Continue reading →

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A list of FreeBSD based operating systems

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Gerard

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon 64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC, IA-64, PC-98 and ARM architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University … Continue reading →

Posted in DesktopBSD, FreeBSD, FreeNAS, FreeSBIE, Frenzy, M0n0wall, PC-BSD, pfSense, RoFreeSBIE | Leave a comment

BSD compared with Linux (funny)

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Gerard

Browsing some forum I came accross the following quote which I want to share with you. I don’t want to start a Linux-BSD flame war, but to me, being a BSD fan, I think there’s some truth it (slightly edited): … Continue reading →

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Differences between PC-BSD and FreeBSD

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Gerard

First things first: PC-BSD is NOT Linux. Both are UNIX-like systems, but PC-BSD is NOT Linux. The main difference between PC-BSD and FBSD is: PC-BSD is geared towards desktop use; FBSD has been created with server use in mind PC-BSD … Continue reading →

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