Should I, as a *BSD newbie install this at my home laptop wich it's used by my wife, which only checks facebook from time on time, reads email and play some solitaire and angrybirds?
Myself am a windows user with a basic++ linux knowledge: I know how to install and update a distro(I prefer debian based but right now am wanting to test Fedora 18), compile some packages from source, has poked some kernel compilin', made some kde translation on the past, reported some bugs on FOSS software, etc. Now I have m
I'm sure you've gotten the obligatory PCBSD suggestion here and there enough times that you are aware of what it is. That distro has worked well for me to get a quick desktop up and going and would work for you as well. I think you are all good to go except for the Java development part- which will work as long as you sign your soul away in triplication and know what your dev environment is going to be before jumping into it. It can get messy pretty quick if stuff gets left around everywhere but definitely
Should a *BSD newbie install this at home? (Score:3)
Myself am a windows user with a basic++ linux knowledge: I know how to install and update a distro(I prefer debian based but right now am wanting to test Fedora 18), compile some packages from source, has poked some kernel compilin', made some kde translation on the past, reported some bugs on FOSS software, etc. Now I have m
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I'm sure you've gotten the obligatory PCBSD suggestion here and there enough times that you are aware of what it is. That distro has worked well for me to get a quick desktop up and going and would work for you as well. I think you are all good to go except for the Java development part- which will work as long as you sign your soul away in triplication and know what your dev environment is going to be before jumping into it. It can get messy pretty quick if stuff gets left around everywhere but definitely
Re:Should a *BSD newbie install this at home? (Score:2)