[GLLUG] BSD Distro First-Try Recommendations

eduardo cesconetto eduardo at cesconetto.com
Wed Jul 7 11:29:42 EDT 2004


MacOS X indeed it's the best of all BSD's variations, and you don't need a
Super Machine to run it, you can update an old 7500 ('bout 50 bucks on ebay)
to a nice G4 500 and run 10.3 Panther on it at a descent speed.


On 7/7/04 11:15 AM, "Sean O'Malley" <picasso at madflower.com> wrote:

> It is on-topic as well as other unix questions.
> 
> The BEST BSD varient for ease of use, ease of updating and installing
> is literally MacOS X.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Brian Hoort wrote:
> 
>> Greetings Venerable GLLUG Members,
>> 
>> Being frustrated with some GNU/Linux distros, I'm considering trying a BSD
>> varient.  I'm mainly concerned with stability and ease through updates.  Do
>> the BSD distros provide a APT/up2date style update mechanism, and which
>> variety would be recommended for a first timer with no experience there?
>> 
>> I'm aware this is a little off-topic for a linux group.  Yet many of you
>> drive both, hence your advice should be more relevant to me.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Brian Hoort
>> 
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