I played around with DesktopBSD and PC-BSD for a while and found that I hated PC-BSD. I truely do not like it’s custom package system as it destroys the beauty that is *BSD, ports+packages.
DesktopBSD impressed me more, even if it’s a bit behind in the times I found the OS completely usable and updatable from the GUI interface. In fact, I decided to run a test with it and installed it on a File server, Tera, I was putting together. I was going to go with my trusty FreeBSD install or possibly a Fedora Core 6 install (since I work with FC a lot for work) but decided to try something different. My thinking here was “could this OS be useful in the SOHO/small business environment” and so far after 2 months of running it this way I’d have to say yes. I’ve tried to use the GUI to do most software updating or installing, rather then the usual command line and haven’t run into any major road blocks. I need to do more SAMBA configuring via the GUI though to see if this could really be used in SOHO environment for non-uber geeks
But lately something has been nagging me, especially after I tried installing Fedora Core with desktop apps then a Ubuntu Desktop install… are Linux distros so far ahead in the race for the SOHO/Small Biz market that DesktopBSD could never break in?
I’m considering taking out my DesktopBSD OS drive and installing a Ubuntu Server (with GUI) on the server to find out. That is assuming I can be 100% sure that my software RAID 5 drives (4×500GB) will not be touched. This is definitely something on my to do list…
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