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post Aug 6 2002, 02:57 PM
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Who has it installed yet ?

and if not, then WHY not ???

you linux guys , give it a try

I aint trynna convert you , but try it out


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no.. dont... FreeBSD is the devil... tongue.gif

I'm loving Freebsd, i find it so much more... more... its just... well... you know...

install it and find out for yourself smile.gif
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post Aug 7 2002, 03:11 PM
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to me its just wonderful when you get into it

its opened up a whole new world

ssh into a shell account, su - up to superuser, wget a file, gunzip it , untar it ./configure

etc etc

only thing though is the mind set you find yourself in after a while.

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post Aug 8 2002, 12:39 PM
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Hmm, I did it again, I'll leave it on abit more.

Don't get me wrong, FreeBSD is powerful,stable,easy.

It generally comes down to personal opinion in the end.
I've seen someone running an Alpha Release of the Linux 2.5 Kernal, It is really a huge improvement over 2.4.

I would still recommend everyone to try FreeBSD aswell as OpenBSD, I hope that there will be an even 50 - 50 desktop market share between Linux and FreeBSD, really, lovely OS's.


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post Jul 19 2003, 05:52 PM
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I have used Linux for a couple of years now, but a month ago i
installed FreeBSD for the first time, and everything just worked
so much more the way i want it to; software is less troublesome to
manage, the kernel is a breeze to rebuild, etc...
But then you have to consider the fact that i DONT play games, I
almost never use a gui and i mostly do programming on my pc, so it
all depends on the type of user you are.

For *NIX noobs i say just get Linux and use that for a while, and
for people who are competent Linux users and wanna spread their
horizons a bit, give *BSD a look and figure out for yourself what
you prefer.


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post Jul 19 2003, 11:44 PM
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well, since using freebsd for about 9months, i decided to try out slackware, it was ok, i cant complain about it, but then i tried gentoo linux, since then i have been hooked on gentoo linux, i love this distro. dont get me wrong, i think freebsd is brilliant, and a wonderful os, but i personally prefer gentoo linux.
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post Jul 20 2003, 02:56 AM
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QUOTE(Rush @ Aug 6 2002, 11:57 PM)
Who has it installed yet ?

and if not, then WHY not ???

Because someone didn't show up at Mayhem this past Saterday... dots.gif


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post Jul 20 2003, 04:20 AM
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QUOTE(Heksanol @ Jul 20 2003, 11:56 AM)
QUOTE(Rush @ Aug 6 2002, 11:57 PM)
Who has it installed yet ?

and if not, then WHY not ???

Because someone didn't show up at Mayhem this past Saterday... dots.gif

*looks* nuff said smile.gif


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post Jul 20 2003, 02:47 PM
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Because someone didn't show up at Mayhem this past Saterday...

Rush got there very late around 10 at night on Saturday and stayed 'till about 2 in the morning on Sunday.

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only thing though is the mind set you find yourself in after a while.

I'd say...instead of gaming, for about twenty minutes after he finally arrived at Mayhem he was showing me all the desktop environments on his FreeBSD virtual machine. :-P


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post Jul 21 2003, 12:25 AM
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I was there sad.gif

I got there after 10
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post Jul 22 2003, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE(Rush @ Jul 21 2003, 09:25 AM)
I was there sad.gif

I got there after 10

Huh? Must have mist you. We got gatvol at 10 so we went home - actually, we had our fair share of anime, games and programs. smile.gif

Maybe next time I will give this freebsd a try, yes? zorro.gif
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post Jul 22 2003, 11:34 AM
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OMS....dude i just missed j00...like i left at 9:55..... sad.gif

Next time then smile.gif
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post Jul 22 2003, 11:39 AM
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nah you left quite a lot before he got there(I think).
but I forgot to get bsd before rush left crying.gif

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post Jul 22 2003, 11:40 AM
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QUOTE(D( at )rK ReVenGe @ Jul 22 2003, 08:34 PM)
OMS....dude i just missed j00...like i left at 9:55..... sad.gif

Next time then smile.gif

Hmmm...me and you left round about 10, and Rush comes in round about 10 when we leave. Strange - I think theres some conspiricy going on here! baaa.gif

But hey, next time! king.gif
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post Jul 23 2003, 01:05 AM
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heh sorry guys
Next time
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post Jul 23 2003, 01:53 AM
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After beening flooded with how bsd 0wns linux's lame ass dailiy, I've decided to give BSD a try...

Two questions tho, FreeBSD 'n OpenBSD which is better ? Also where would be a good place to down load either ? ftp.is.co.za is the only local place i know of...


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post Jul 23 2003, 02:09 AM
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for security
openBSD
otherwise freebsd

try ftp.za.freebsd.org
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post Jul 23 2003, 02:14 AM
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Kewl thanx,

I'll start downloading ASAP !
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post Jul 23 2003, 03:28 AM
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Hi,

It depends on what you are looking for obviously.

If you looking to host a server, very secure etc, go for OpenBSD. Otherwise i would recomend going for FreeBSD in the begining. Then at a later stage you can make up your mind.

I would recomend going for 5.1 Stable, the best place to get it from would be either ftp.za.freebsd.org (if you are on UUNet's Backbone), otherwise ftp2.za.freebsd.org (if you are on IS or Telkom's backbone)

Holla if you need help.

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post Jul 23 2003, 03:32 AM
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I'm planning on installing it as a server on a small home network, so I'll go for 5.1 Stable then...as for installing does it have its own installer like say red hat does ?
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