[Cialug] PC-BSD - install sloooow

[David Champion]

It's for me, just wanted to check it out.

The drive machine is practically new, I've done a few test installs on it
before

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 01:22:06PM -0600, David Champion wrote:
> > Have any of you tried installing PC-BSD 9.0?
>
> No.  Are you configuring this machine for someone else?  I ask because
> PC-BSD isn't an operating system; it's just FreeBSD configured to have a
> certain look and feel, with a heavy emphasis on beginners and non-Unix
> people.
>
> > Usually a full desktop Linux install takes maybe 10 or 15 minutes.
>
> Same with OpenBSD.  The other three projects (FreeBSD, NetBSD, and
> DragonFly) take a bit longer but not much.
>
> All four BSD projects include a package management system and package
> repository.  If this machine is for yourself I'd highly recommend
> looking at one of those instead.
>
> Nicolai
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