What is best BSD with GUI install?

caa1980 · 08-07-2008, 08:04 AM

What of all the BSD Distrose is the best with a GUI instilation? I am used to useing Ubuntu Linux but would like to try useing BSD. My system is a Inspiron 1501 and dose support Linux with some minor tweaking. How would this work with BSD? I was looking at DesktopBSD but not sure if there are otheres with a GUI installer or how well they all work.

vermaden · 08-07-2008, 08:18 AM

Try PBBSD or DesktopBSD.

ocicat · 08-07-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by vermaden

Try PBBSD...

This was a typo. vermaden meant PC-BSD which can be found at the following:

http://www.pcbsd.org/

hitest · 08-19-2008, 07:58 PM

I also would recommend PC-BSD, it has a very user-friendly installation routine and a good package management system. PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD.

vermaden · 08-20-2008, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ocicat

This was a typo.

True

Jevan · 08-20-2008, 06:02 AM

I have personally had the best luck with PC-BSD for an install. I'm typing this from a Dell Inspiron 1501, but I have not actually tried a *BSD on it. However, you should be able to get help from the Dell page on TuxMobil... similar laptops with *BSD or maybe some of the many Linux tutorials for the 1501 (I wrote one) can help you out.

If you are just looking for a live CD to try and don't necessarily want to install BSD (though I guess that's pretty much pointless, but you can try!), there is Ging, which is based off of Debian/kFreeBSD. It is slightly dated (KDE 3.4) but I just booted it up Sunday or Monday to play with it, so I know it works.

ninjaslim · 08-22-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by caa1980

What of all the BSD Distrose is the best with a GUI instilation? I am used to useing Ubuntu Linux but would like to try useing BSD. My system is a Inspiron 1501 and dose support Linux with some minor tweaking. How would this work with BSD? I was looking at DesktopBSD but not sure if there are otheres with a GUI installer or how well they all work.

None of the BSDs are distributions. They are operating systems.

Try PC-BSD or DesktopBSD, but the installs are not hard to do on any of the BSDs. You could use binary packages after the installation.

Doctorzongo · 08-26-2008, 01:16 AM

I would go for PC-BSD if you absolutely have to have a GUI install.

If your ok with text-based installation, then I would definitely go with OpenBSD -- my top favorite OS.

mrcheeks · 09-01-2008, 03:01 AM

You could also try a live-cd which won't require an installation :
http://www.freesbie.org
PC-BSD Live CD

hd_scania · 03-01-2018, 07:57 PM

For now grphically installed BSD are, TrueOS (FreeBSD), GhostBSD (FreeBSD), Bitrig (NetBSD/OpenBSD), EdgeBSD (NetBSD/OpenBSD). MidnightBSD (FreeBSD) is also going to include a graphical installer.

YesItsMe · 03-05-2018, 03:51 AM

Bitrig is not related to NetBSD and EdgeBSD is not related to OpenBSD. Both Bitrig and EdgeBSD haven't seen any news for two years now. I consider them dead.

hd_scania · 03-05-2018, 08:05 PM

Can that be said which the NetBSD and OpenBSD platforms are failed to be modernized anymore?

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Originally Posted by YesItsMe

Bitrig is not related to NetBSD and EdgeBSD is not related to OpenBSD. Both Bitrig and EdgeBSD haven't seen any news for two years now. I consider them dead.

YesItsMe · 03-06-2018, 12:58 AM

They are not.