memNOC Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 hey i'm partially new to the whole UNIX scene, but i was wondering if Ximian is available for FreeBSD? essentially, i would like a *nix distro (preferably, BSD since i've heard many people prefer it over Linux.. while i'm at it, what are the exact positive things FreeBSD has over the latest Linux distros, and negative, if any?) running Ximian.. this is mainly to satisfy my curiosity, to learn more about the UNIX world and to try out different a OS.. i don't know how n00b inviting BSD is, but i'll definitelly read up on it before i get to installing, so don't tell me i'm better off with Slackware.. :p oh and also is FreeBSD the best BSD workstation solution? any reasons to look into Net/OpenBSD? thanks a million dollars (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 hey i'm partially new to the whole UNIX scene, but i was wondering if Ximian is available for FreeBSD?No. Ximian was bought buy Novell in an effort to better to GNU/Linux. However, Ximian is a Free Software company and the source is available. A port is possible but not likely.i don't know how n00b inviting BSD is, but i'll definitelly read up on it before i get to installing, so don't tell me i'm better off with Slackware.. Newbie how? Are you familiar with Unix? BSDs are not marketed to average users beyond OSX. oh and also is FreeBSD the best BSD workstation solution? any reasons to look into Net/OpenBSD? No, it really depends on your own needs and opinion. NetBSD is known for it's great platform support. OpenBSd is secure locked down by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seethru Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 well, lets put it this way. I am a n00b when it comes to *nix too, and I tried Red Hat, I tried Gentoo, and finally decided to try FreeBSD. Using it's port system I was able to get everything I wanted up and running fairly quickly, and anything that gave me trouble wasn't too hard to fix myself. Gentoo has a similar system, but getting Gentoo up and running is a feat within itself. FreeBSD is basically pop in the cd, answer a few questions and off you go. Then if you want to run xwindows, configure xfree86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted January 24, 2004 Author Share Posted January 24, 2004 well, lets put it this way. I am a n00b when it comes to *nix too, and I tried Red Hat, I tried Gentoo, and finally decided to try FreeBSD. Using it's port system I was able to get everything I wanted up and running fairly quickly, and anything that gave me trouble wasn't too hard to fix myself. Gentoo has a similar system, but getting Gentoo up and running is a feat within itself. FreeBSD is basically pop in the cd, answer a few questions and off you go. Then if you want to run xwindows, configure xfree86. yea thanks, thats exactly what i wanted to know.. FreeBSD it is then, since it's clearly the most popular BSD around.. Newbie how? Are you familiar with Unix? BSDs are not marketed to average users beyond OSX. well, i am to an extent familiarized.. i was heavily into Linux a couple of years back, but i haven't even touched a Linux distro since, so i'm pretty sure many things have gone past me.. so that's why this time around i want to focus on a whole another platform.. i just wanted to know what are the advantages of doing this (BSD over Linux).. ? thanks guys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrike Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I'm going to say "google it n00b"... google it n00b. But seriously, I have no idea (I'd google it, just to give you the answers, heh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted January 24, 2004 Author Share Posted January 24, 2004 I'm going to say "google it n00b"...google it n00b. But seriously, I have no idea (I'd google it, just to give you the answers, heh) what a productive little post.. mmmyea (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichotin Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 FreeBSD is indeed worth it, but are you sure you need ximian? there are plenty of other windows managers. I myself prefer fluxbox. If you have some basic linux knowledge, like what x is, and a general perception of the userland tools (cd, ls, mkdir and so on) freebsd shouldnt be too hard. www.freebsd.org/handbook says it all really. freebsd is way better documented that linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted January 25, 2004 Author Share Posted January 25, 2004 FreeBSD is indeed worth it, but are you sure you need ximian? there are plenty of other windows managers. I myself prefer fluxbox.If you have some basic linux knowledge, like what x is, and a general perception of the userland tools (cd, ls, mkdir and so on) freebsd shouldnt be too hard. www.freebsd.org/handbook says it all really. freebsd is way better documented that linux. yea, i'm much more inclined to trying out BSD than Ximian.. so if one has to go, it's gonna be Ximian.. i'll give fluxbox a whirl too, i've heard good stuff about it.. but i just like the look and feel of Ximian from what i've seen, no big reason for using it really other than curiosity.. thanks for the suggestions.. i'll get into FreeBSD as soon as i fix my CD-ROM drive (:angry:).. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeWolf324 Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Ximian looks just like GNOME to me...but maybe thats me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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