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 my Dell laptop with Windows 7 and I'm planning to back it up and format it and I'm thinking to put it up Fedora 18, but the BSD world has intrigue me and I've made some test on virtual machines.
BTW I'm primarly a Java developer how some times made some tiny personal project on my laptop and who enjoys a good Quake 3 match(for remembering my old days on the College fragging like there were no tomorrow) but who actually prefer to enjoy the time with my wife and the kids.
Could a user like me install some BSD distro and used it regularly to this basic things I've listed? if so, which BSD do you suggest?, bonus points if lastest KDE's it's available
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
No. Stick with 9.x and when 9.2 arrives then install that. When 10.x officially releases 10.1 and puts 9.x into maintainance mode you still have a stable branch to u se until 10.2+ arrives and upgrade from there if you're not interested in more leading edge code. It's akin to Stable/Unstable/Experimental in Debian Linux.
No, your wife deserves better, check out Linux Mint instead, the 13 edition with mate esp. Everything works out of the box, and it's supported to 2017.
Considering how much speed I managed to get out of a retired 32 bit server that I used as my *BSD test box it really is a valid choice for a laptop that doesn't do much. Once a GUI goes on it you may as well have as lean an OS as you can get away with to make the applications go as fast as they can. I'd go for 9.1 though - the 8.* series is basicly bug fixes for older applications.
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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 my Dell laptop with Windows 7 and I'm planning to back it up and format it and I'm thinking to put it up Fedora 18, but the BSD world has intrigue me and I've made some test on virtual machines.
BTW I'm primarly a Java developer how some times made some tiny personal project on my laptop and who enjoys a good Quake 3 match(for remembering my old days on the College fragging like there were no tomorrow) but who actually prefer to enjoy the time with my wife and the kids.
Could a user like me install some BSD distro and used it regularly to this basic things I've listed? if so, which BSD do you suggest?, bonus points if lastest KDE's it's available
Thanks for your suggestions!
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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
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No, your wife deserves better, check out Linux Mint instead, the 13 edition with mate esp. Everything works out of the box, and it's supported to 2017.
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I'd go for 9.1 though - the 8.* series is basicly bug fixes for older applications.