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  • 240p we meet again

  • UNIX licensing demanded that licensees recognize the fact that they were entitled to modify UNIX to make their distributions unique supporting branding and marketing in general. Microsoft, Novell, HP and Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) all licensed UNIX from AT&T and then branded their own versions as licensed requirement. They had to refactor at a minimum -- fact; Xenix is in fact MS UNIX too - kudos.

  • BSD and Linux have similarities, but aanyone that knows the internals of Linux and BSD know that they are not siblings or related. Each system is an individual and unique O.S. and for those who argue the fact do so at your own risk or learn to read! Also, Microsoft used to license UNIX from AT&T ;-) You knew that though hunh?

  • @Houndx6 actually they made their own called Xenix

  • it is weird how fonts look on both freebsd Linux but it looks weirder on solaris

  • Watching this was fun! ...like rival siblings who ultimately are wishing the best for each other.

  • openbsd is the most secure operating system in the world. If you're really concerned about security

  • Slackware is on more servers than people know... Linux is a comparable server operating system even when compared to freebsd...what a stupid show.

  • Slackware > FreeBSD

  • Slackware would have beat the hell out of freeBSD why did he choose SuSe is he trying to give Novell props or what?

  • gotta say really most of the things that were said about linux are completely distribution-specific. If you want something to give your grandma you give her Ubuntu, to your geeky son you give Arch linux.

    The only reason really I like gnu/linux better is the GPL and the philosophy behind it.

  • This was a nice show. It describes lots of interesting things although mostly superficially. I'm a GNU/Linux user, but I'm so fascinated by the BSDs. That's why I'm planning to use Debian GNU/kfreebsd some time later in the future, so that I could try using the kernel but still remain for the most part in my GNU comfort zone. I just hope BSDs would be developed using the GPL license...

  • I think both of them are great and stable. Usually I am using Linux but that doesn't mean I don't love FreeBSD!

  • This is not a BSD vs Linux, this is BSD vs SUSE, WHICH SUX!!!!!!!

  • Nobody seems to mention that they use pretty much the same software. It's no wonder since most upstream projects are easy to build for both systems on a plethora of architectures.

  • Installation speed ? Ubuntu puts on what the FreeBSD team put on and does it easier and quicker without having to modify much of anything. HDD setup, that's common to both, after that Ubuntu asks less questions and hardware is auto detected. In a free OS shootout, Linux wins this hands down to get OS & GUI desktop up and running. Ubuntu has repositories and Synaptics to get the applications. FreeBSD ports don't have any advantages over Ubuntu repositories or 3rd party maintained apps ?

  • @jgcamp99 BSD's install from source, and have binaries bolted on, linux is exactly the other way around. Not a good compare. I prefer from source, it's custom for my rig. Ubuntu is large and slow, it only has the hardware detection going for it, it's for noobs that know shit about hardware. Debian and it's apt-get is king.

  • @lesleyhenriquez Ubuntu is hardly big and slow, slower than BSD, yeah sure, but for the most part not really noticeably slower. There comes a day when it's overrated to have to configure hardware to get it to work. FreeBSD is like loading DOS on a PC, because the command prompt is what you wind up with until you start putting a Linux gui & apps to it for a desktop. Does it really take more than about 20 minutes to install Ubuntu after you get past the hardware selection, user setup & questions ?

  • @jgcamp99

    LINUX GUI? The fuck are you on?

    X11 isn't even ON THE SAME LICENCE as LINUX is. So quit think that BSD is "forced" to use Linux Binary to do everyday work.

    Also there are Many BSD that comes with an built-in GUI or pre-configured X as we also call it. So nothing to compare there. Just that you get some freedom and choose on whenever or not YOU want to use GUI or not.

    Nothing that has to do with being "far-away" technology within the use of FreeBSD.

    Since even NASA, Gov use BSD.

  • @Snuskigaste X11 is not the desktop gui that Gnome, KDE, Fluxbox or even XFCE is, it's the framework for the gui. It's window system is primitive, comparatively would you go back to using DOS in lieu of X11 even ? The video was putting a desktop gui and applications on a computer, not installing a primitive DOS looking text operating system. Besides, X11 is a port that as I recall has to be selected to install.

  • @jgcamp99

    Fluxbox has the same license as X11 aka MIT. Gnome has GLPL & GGPL and XFCE has BSD license and many others which are compatible with FreeBSD.

    Also we are not talking about the video here in general - We are talking about how You claims that BSD is DOS both in look and performance while Ubuntu isn't.

    Also Yes, X11 is a port and can be install so I don't see what you wanted to tell me there.

    About livecd, FreeBSD has livecd's where you can test and run it while using a GUI.

  • @Snuskigaste Per FreeBSD's website, every download that isn't the dvd sized iso is a rescue mode. Again, the post installation tasks required to get the Gnome gui to display w/ FreeBSD is taken care of with Ubuntu. Otherwise you get a command prompt aka DOS look for Windows people. All I'm saying is Linux has made it easier to be up and running in a desktop, BSD is behind on that and catching up to at least where Linux is. Ubuntu's server version was/is intended to be gui-less just the same.

  • @jgcamp99

    Then again you are comparing a system that have been pre-configured just like Windows to "fit" the needs for anyone else.

  • @Snuskigaste But isn't that what the OS and application ports are supposed to be for BSD ? Ported to run on FreeBSD, just as the desktop BSD's are trying to pre-configure ? Working after any installer finishes without the post installation tasks ? The whole point of installing it was that it would work, find the hardware, connect to the internet. I could see having to configure if the IP was fixed and had to be manually done, but DHCP, the whole point of that is to be found and auto assignment.

  • @jgcamp99

    So you're telling me FreeBSD / *BSD isn't using DHCP for what issue?

    FreeBSD isn't some wasteland dump where you get to dump whatever you want whenever you want.

    It got two main sources where you can download applications.

    Ports and Package.

    Where as ports are Source based and Package are package based.

    And why use the term "ported"?

    There are apps that are only for FreeBSD as there are to linux but FreeBSD still can run them to which Linux can't run FreeBSD software.

  • @Snuskigaste And if I had to do all the post installation configurations for a desktop that FreeBSD requires for Ubuntu or any other Linux distro, any advantage BSD had over Linux is lost there. No wonder you have to get the dvd rather than just a live cdrom or usb image with it. Ubuntu, you'll be connected to the internet when it's installer is finished, BSD you have to feck with it to connect. Anyone squabbling about a second or few with multi core, several GB systems is a whiny little girl.

  • @Snuskigaste As for 3rd party applications, a few of the BSD distros are even moving to the package manager maintained for Linux. Free BSD is a gui less server OS, the other BSD's are moving towards desktops. But why is that even necessary ? With all the Linux distros, this is like trying to be cool and arrive at a party when everyone else has gone home. All the hotties are already taken because others did the footwork. BSD is behind Canonical, BSD desktop is the free version of OS X.

  • @jgcamp99 PCC (Portable C Compiler) is coming along nicely.

    It works for most things and is still being developed by Anders Magnusson.

  • @handofstand Godspeed on that !

  • @jgcamp99 No, money and volunteers, to Mr. Magnusson. He is only so fast :)

  • @handofstand I can feel his pain on that. I've been in that situation many times.

  • @jgcamp99

    Making network work in BSD is just as hard it is on Linux.

    BSD isn't moving towards GUI. It's moving to optimal performance and security.

    About being cool, BSD isn't known not because of it's "less-gui" style or anything more that there aren't enough enterprises who either knows or uses BSD (sure Nasa, goverments are using it, but that isn't that public).

  • @Snuskigaste BSD Network is just as easy as Linux, then why does the live cdrom in Ubuntu connect to the internet after loading ? Does it with BSD ? Linux livecd or usb stick as light as BackTrack, Knoppix & PHLAK all connect too.

    BSD is most certainly moving to gui, Ghost BSD is being developed as an alternative to PCBSD, Gnome vs KDE.

    Continue to use BSD, I may try Ghost as it gets better, but FreeBSD=too much work for me. I want it to install and then choose what to run on it and install.

  • @jgcamp99

    Sure if that's your type of enviroment - Go for it. I'm only defending the points where people claim FreeBSD lacks.

    BSD will have it pre-configured for you on livecd or on a USB stick.

    Again you are just look on top of what BSD / Linux is all about. GUI isn't the issue with FreeBSD - It's really more commercial usages and support (giving them drivers etc.) since it is a very powerful OS.

    Since FreeBSD is made to be about choose and setup.

    Ubuntu is to make it easy for you to use.

  • @Snuskigaste Trust me, I'm not a neo-luddite when it comes to OS's. I'd love for the world to move over to BSD or Linux. But then the proprietary OS's try to take over even that. The Microsofts, Apples & Oracles of the world. I really think if Ellison could sell his Oracle Linux and the rest of the corporate world would oblige and stop using Windows, that he would try to rule that world and squeeze out everyone else ?

    I'll try GhostBSD, just not yet. I prefer Gnome to KDE.

  • @jgcamp99

    I would say that I'm not against BSD / Linux being popular but then you have to get rid of the "Free only" policy Richard Stallman tries to implant into every single Linux distro and trying to start a war against BSD.

  • @Snuskigaste I actually like Richard Stallman and his crew's GPL license when seeing the wars between the free software world versus the non-free one. On the other hand, the BSD license is like a neutral object which can be used by either side. I just don't like the idea that someone or some company could take a free software, change it a little and make people pay for it or not allow people to study the codes or freely distribute it without having to contribute to the original free software.

  • @Snuskigaste For now, I can't really justify dumping Ubuntu. How easy is it to install OS & any applications I want. They even got rid of the ugly poop brown theme. It's almost OS X like without a dock, but even that's changing to their own version with the Netbook Edition & Unity. Will Unity be ported over to %BSD ? And if not, that's another want that somebody is gonna covet & desire, if not a new & improved version of what Ubuntu provides. People love that dock bar of OS X's !

  • @jgcamp99

    Well currently I'm not sure if that will be possible since it's an Ubuntu only from what I've heard. But wayland (which is what will replace X in some years it's been told) will be ported after it's in an Release state and not Alpha.

  • @Snuskigaste GhostBSD 2 is in it's beta, from what I understand it has a gui installer that's supposed to be Ubuntu-like. Ubuntu matured well while moving into Unity. I'm using Unity on a netbook, but 10.10 is buggy, like Unity crashes and restarts itself, that's annoying. But hopefully it will be more refined and with 11.04 it's supposed to get autohide. Netbooks need all the screen real estate that the 10 inch screen has. Like with MySQL Workbench, that's designed for 1024x768, not 950x600.

  • @jgcamp99 Hey, actually, in Ubuntu you can get several Mac-style dock bars. The one I'm using is Cairo Dock and I think it's the most configurable and also the prettiest. But I think it's not the most stable. There are some bugs, but I'm happy enough cuz there's not a lot of it. You can youtube it to find out more about it. There's also the Mac-style global menu for Ubuntu, which turns the desktop panel into the taskbar of all your applications. It's really cool!

  • Nothing they compared and spoke of had anything to do with the actual OS. All they did is coo over the UI/GUI and apps and distribution services.

  • and the score is

    Linux:  5,000,000

    Free BSD: 5,000,000

    Windows: -65

  • couldnt watch it past the 2:10 part where he mentioned fonts. linux out of the box fonts look way better than windows and mac..

  • @rcaddict72

    They do now days, but I think they mentioned that the resolutions were low aswell,

  • Linux FTW! Someday I'll install Free BSD too.

  • @Tununias I tried PC-BSD , and it has a KDE GUI but it is way slower than any Linux KDE distributions I've used, and it's a memory hog . Plus PC-BSD is 3.2 GB download Hell Fedora Linux is only 675.0 MB ... Why are BSD distributions with GUI so slow and big ? I think Linux distributions makes a better desk top than BSD...

  • OVER 930 HUNDRED

  • There's nothing difficult at all about the installer. It's very interactive, unlike many linux installers (Gentoo and slackware are perfect examples)

  • freebsd is the best os in the world

  • @wokerm Freebsd is never best. Because of BSD license. Because other steal and keep it always behind. A fact!

  • @wokerm

    it is indeed one of the finest systems i have ever used

  • I'll take Gentoo over freebsd + ports.

  • it might be that im not geeky but i really find that there is no huge difference

  • @2dumb2care Ubuntu :D

  • @unrealjeff i used that debian, arch, susue, pclinuxos, gentooo (hard as balls to get to work), backtrack, freebsd. and they are mostly the same

  • @2dumb2care There are different flavors like kubuntu, xubuntu, ubuntu netbook remix. have you tried those?

  • @unrealjeff well yeah, i've used ubuntu for a couple of months since my windows gaming rig got fried. i used many different desktop mangers but the way the OSs work arent really that different. Other than what they come with. Ubuntu is debian + more stuff. kubuntu = ubuntu that looks like windows. the new backtrack is kubuntu + hack software. gentoo is the death of me.

  • @2dumb2care you can't compare any of those distros with arch and gentoo. It's just not fair. At all.

  • FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows vs DOS vs AmigaOS ....

    how childish.

    Use this what you like.

  • FreeBSD not for the desktop? I'm running FreeBSD right now and using it to watch this. Granted i'm using openbox and xterm to launch/do just about everything, but that's just out of preference. I have kde installed, xfce, lxde, and gnome. All work perfectly fine.

  • just shut up.. and let the people talk

  • lol guh-nome

  • O.S.'s I've used - SUN OS, SOLARIS, AIX, HP-UX, OPENBSD, FREEBSD, SLACKWARE, DG AVION, MS-DOS, WINDOWS 3.X/95, NT, 2000, XP, 7, DOS-VSE, MVS-JES2. Tried RedHat...SUCKS, but wvwerything else I mentioned was good.

  • I hate anti-aliased fonts.

  • i hope in 6 years we can get react OS to :)

  • Oh please, no one cares about mascots.... Does it work?

  • hsot needs to be shut up now anad again

  • I used to like FreeBSD over linux, but with the latest versions of linux, mainly Ubuntu, Linux can now easily take over windows for non-hardcore gamers.

  • @eurohim I agree, I tried Ubuntu through Wubi and I loved it!

  • Been using FreeBSD since 2.2.2 but work with 1000+ Linux servers now. They're both good but for a desktop I'd go with some version of Linux.

  • I run linux on all four of my computers

  • using arch kind of the in between of conventional linux and bsd

  • Dam i'm a big debian based distro fan and love apt-get but freebsd looks sick and it is supposed to be really secure,but I would still prefer linux as a desktop maybe i'll try freebsd or openbsd for one of my servers

  • you will not try, you will use it! haha freebsd is really much more secure and stable than any linux based distro

  • Yeah your probably right I'am going to use BSD good looking out

  • I prefer Gnome rather than KDE.

  • @rico4u2day2 - I prefer LXDE rather than GNOME or KDE :)

  • ...How do I find out if my PC can run Free BSD????

  • @clandestine1976 go to freebsd site and look at requirements.... durrrr

  • by going to there website and reading..

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  • Linux won even though the bsd-competitors had a mascot and one more computer expert!

  • FreeBSD is the way to go. 3 Letters

    Z

    F

    S

  • I hate how he's saying linux is better because of all the GUI shit...

  • It's just more user friendly, and better for newbies

  • @sovietmarxist: I guess he's trying to appeal to typical desktop users. Most desktop users don't want to do anything through the command line (even though its much faster). Both FreeBSD and Linux are Free Software so you can customize them to be whatever you want. That's what I love about Free Software. I love having complete control over my PC. Windows just can't compete. :)

  • @sovietmarxist

    I know, if only people judged an OS as an OS, rather than just a desktop

  • hes right, there both great.

  • i tried to install gentoo once a few years ago, after reading dozens of manual pages and much command input i had to give up after a week of no dice.

  • faggot

  • Fonts: you can use the gsfonts port and add it to your xorg/XFree86 configuration to get better looking fonts.

  • If I could find it, I'd totally wear that Beastie costume. Hello Guavaween...

  • This is so outdated... :/

  • NetBSD installer is not as bad as OpenBSD installer:)

    icfnord, portages in Gentoo is a NIGHTMARE!!! I would not call them superious. Heck, all those glitches for dependecy resolution, all those blocked ports?? No thanks, I'll stick with my FreeBSD ports and pkg_add

  • I actually found the openbsd installer easier than installer kit or whatever most of the other bsd installers run.... :)

  • Ever try installing NetBSD? The install is a bigger nightmare than dreaming of getting a blowjob by the hottest woman to walk the earth, only finding out afterward that she was really a he.

  • Linux is the kernel, the stuff around the kernel (bash, etc) are GNU , thats why the name GNU/Linux, but linux alone is just Linux.

  • Its funny how they try to make the linux package installer look good, linux package installers blow, freebsd ports automaticaly download and install all dependancys and updates with one command where as linux will give you errors and not install this is where bsd pwns

  • I think you're living in the stone age. You're forgetting about apt and yum.

  • Ports in BSD is definitely superior compared to Aptitude or Yum. And because it's installing from source, the advantages is greater than pre-packaged binaries, though there are places for that as well. Not to mention each installation alerts you with specific dependencies to bring into your system. But that's my opinion. =)

  • >> Ports in BSD is definitely superior compared to Aptitude or Yum

    And yet still inferior to Portage

  • I'll agree that RPM and APT both blow. Have a hard time though seeing how you cannot like Gentoo if you like Ports though.

  • I like gentoo. However it takes forever to compile anything and in the end you don't get much performance boost :( that's why Linux users don't use gentoo or freebsd that much :(

  • Its not just about performance. It's also about customization and flexiblity and having a package manager that doesn't blow. Also, compiling from source is great for virtualization on xen too.

    I disagree with your statement that Linux people don't like gentoo. Gentoo is still opne of the most actively developed open source project in the world, and certianly the most actively developed linux distros.

    It's just geared for people who actually know what they are doing. It's not for noobs.

  • I guess it depends on what you want. I got sick of compiling stuff.. it takes to much time :(. What I meant was that most people don't want to compile everything. Moreover sometimes the compilation fails (that's the other reason why I'm using debian now).

    However, I agree portage is the best package manager for Linux out there. Also I liked the possibility of customizing. And what I liked most was that the software was always the newest available :)

  • I don't have issues with compile times anymore since I've upgraded to a newer processor. As hardware gets faster that's going to be less of an issue.

    So what made you choose debian over other debian based distros like ubuntu?

  • Ubuntu is too "auto-magic" for me. I had bad experience changing configurations manually in ubuntu. You do it ubuntu way or it will be difficult to achieve what you want (e.g. configuring ati drivers was a real pain in ubuntu :\ they don't even give us a decent xorg.conf)

    Debian isn't exactly the best distro to change configurations manually (gentoo is the best one). Many times you have to use their tools to configure stuff. However, debian doesnt not use GUI based tools like ubuntu does.

  • besides, the FreeBSD community is full of really cool staff.. daemon guys.

  • PC-BSD is great for windows migraters!!! It has that awsome .pbi files! And Add/Remove programs!

  • OMG i wish they call it GNU/linux.... because you know linux is nothing without GNU....

  • Well, I read from Wikipedia that Linus Torvalds disagree with the name of "GNU/LINUX" ,, he says, because LINUX is not a GNU Proyect.. I shouldn't be called "GNU/LINUX"....

    That's what I read.

  • It is based on the GNU-project.

  • but It doesn't completely belong to the GNU-project

    Still, the new version Jaunty Jacklope 9.04 is got Linux Kernel 2.6.28-11

    I just I think both deserve credit........

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  • fluxbox suxbox USE XFCE

  • that's how people that don't know how to configure fluxbox say xD

  • word

  • @rikkt0r

    ya heh heh

  • @rikkt0r fluxbox is a waste of time.

  • USE WMII

  • Windows may have more programs and games.. but once you look through it, it has a BAD DESIGN and all :P

  • i agree completely :D

  • Very nice show!

  • Wow! That's the nerdiest show ever!! And i enjoyed it. Huh-huh...

  • yeah I agree, a tie. Best OS's of the world - Unix and Linux.

  • probably because bsd/linux seem to be catered to what the user wants, not the wants of a company. though i have read many gripes about unix, i still like its inherent behavior more than windows. plus windows makes all users/companies practice coprophilia. have to take microsoft's shit and better like it. damn near live off it. but first pay for it, while cheerfully barking thank you sir may i have another. :'((.

  • The host d00d sucks balls. He just interferes in the conversation. Fucker.

  • That's Leo LaPorte, fool!

    Bow down.

  • He's just moving things along.  Leo Laporte is great!

  • we're going to get a web browser up, play a movie and get instant messenger going?!?

    special and unique?!? These are basics.

    and the fonts looks fine now.

  • lol newbies

  • When it comes to installation on my laptop, I tried FreeBSD a couple of weeks ago and it flat-out would not install. Same with OpenSolaris. Fedora Linux, however, fired right up on it. Must be the hardware configuration.

    It would be great to have FreeBSD running with ZFS; perhaps even better would be ZFS GPL'd!

    GO OPEN SOURCE!

  • Are they using FreeBSD 7?

  • No. The Linux team was showing the Yatta! flash video in an old Mozilla Suite, so that puts it before 2004. Googling reveals that this episode was aired on 2 September 2003. The most recent version of FreeBSD at that time was 4.8. FreeBSD 7 was released in February 2008.

  • both good os

  • their is no versus her

  • I love Linux, never tried BSD but im downloading it now to test it :), But i like Mac OS X allot better than any other OS because im a graphic designer :)

    FUCK WINDOWS!!!

  • lol, you should try pc-bsd XD

  • If I'm not mistaken, Mac is FreeBSD derived.

  • no it isn't

  • Mac OS X is based on BSD smartass haha

  • The kernel has some components of it that are from FreeBSD.

  • NextStep is the actual precursor to Mac OS. NextStep and FreeBSD are both derived off of the original Berkely Distribution (4.3 BSd actually). Nowadays a lot of code is shared between the Mac OS and FreeBSD (amongst others) projects and it would be incorrect to say the Mac is FreeBSD derived.

  • Faggot. Windows is teh shit. You are an 13 yeard boy that think you know all about computers. Even if you are a Graphic designer, no graphic designer are know muth about OS if you haven't done with the BSD. Mac OS X are shit.

  • hahahaha, 1st of all im not 13 ;), 2nd i don't know every thing about computers and i never said that ;), 3rd Windows is one of the worst OS a have ever used in my LIFE!!!, 4th Mac OS X is the best OS for GFX ;), if u don't agree...ask any graphic designer, and finally FUCK YOU and your fucking Windows!!! "y si entiendes espa~ol kbron mala tuya, me cago en tu fukin pai y tu mai hijueputa!!!, y marikon es el pai tuyo con tu abuelo tambn KBRON jaja"

  • i hate windows myself. if i could i'd completely leave it. yes windows is the shit. it has trouble mounting partitions to folders, it has frequent crashes, demands constant admin attention, is absolutely anal about whether or not you're "stealing", loads EVERYTHING possible allowing attackers to take advantage of all the well programed services ms offers. ooo i just love windows and its bullying. bloatware at a charge.

  • haha bang on mate

  • Windows is the worst operating system that i have ever encountered, i switched to Mac OSX about a year ago and love it, NO CRASHING, NO POXY FUCKING BLUE SCREENS. i have used ubuntu, and it is also very stable, about to try freeBSD with KDE desktop environment, FUCK WINDOWS, its so unreliable, the kernel is botched beyond belief, and by the way you are the one who does not know what he is on about (jokeersuper), also learn to SPELL

  • i bought a brand new dell laptop the other year, i switched it on and it fucking blue screened!! and if unix based system (BSD, OSX, LINUX) are so shit, how comes they run the vast majority of the web servers in existence. Also macs kick windows's ass at music production.

  • depends. i've gotten many. primarily to driver troubles, and other times just a sudden "you're fucked" no warning, didnt touch anything tragedy. what is even more delightful is when it has caught me while transferring files between drives. the joy of integrity checking 2 discs. to me windows has 2 purposes, to play my games, and to play as a honey pot for experimentation. but hey glad it works for you. linux and bsd arent perfect either, but cost much less with less drm and bs.

  • Than you are saying that OS X is responsible for the ease of working with graphical designs when in fact it is much more about the softwares you run.

  • After using GNU/Linux on a desktop and home server level for about 8 months, I fell in love with it and am happy there is a good alternative to Windows. GNU/Linux is far better than Windows in so many ways. However, after recently trying OpenBSD and FreeBSD, I have fallen in love with the Berkeley UNIX distros. They feel much more stable and robust. Linux (especially old-school distros like Slackware and Debian) is stable as a rock, but I trust BSD much more for servers and networking.

  • Wow, very impressive! Dumbass. com

  • I'm a Linux fan, but I like to experiment with BSD. There are easier ones to use, like DesktopBSD and PC-BSD, but FreeBSD offers more support. The only thing that BSD needs to improve is thier Adobe Flash compatibility. Currently, I believe they only support Flash player 7. This makes it harder to view videos online on certain websites that require Flash 9. Other than that, I think BSD is a good OS.

  • Well that's because adobe don't support freebsd, not because freebsd doesn't support adobe.

  • The host sounds like a noob trying too hard to use the lingo. He isn't giving much time for the people to talk. He just said apt-get on FreeBSD; good thing the FBSD guys were gracious enough to say "Yeah, something like that." The host was a moron, and the title of the show was BS. Both OSes are awesome!

    By the way, the noobs always call Beastie "deemon". The host needs to be educated and he's been corrected countless time on this episode "day-mon".

  • You knkow is beacuse of GEEKS like you that people think linux and BSD are hard...YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KONOW EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUTA TOOL (in this case the OS) to USE IT!! Shut up looser!

    PS: LET THE GUY SAY DEAMON OR DEEMON OR DAYMON DOOMON OR WATHEVER!!!STOP BEING A JERK!!!

  • In a title that contains "vs" implies a comparison. If you're going to be an idiot, your comparison's conclusions will be the conclusions of an idiot.

    This host won't even allow the presenter to finish their sentences, he keeps interrupting. Knowing everything is not necessarily a prerequisite for a comparison, but it helps to know a little bit, not absolutely nothing like this dumb host.

    Day- or Dee- mon, he's been corrected. He should respect that. STFU and you might learn something.

  • i use linux ... bsd hangs up (i think it's becuz my motherboard) :(

  • I love Linux (but I am a tinkerer...) but I would like to have a good hard look at the BSD family and take FreeBSD for a test drive. I have a friend who swears by it and gets annoyed at the fact that the Computer Science faculty uses Linux instead

  • FreeBSD FTW!

  • In some ways its like comparing apples and oranges. I personally prefer FreeBSD on desktop and server environments. There are some stability advantages in Free and the linux emulation is superb so if I want to run or write code for both I can with little trouble. But my wife likes Suse because it can build your desktop and stuff for you automatically.

  • FreeBSD is the most robust,advanced,stable and scalable OS

  • bsd is just super functional without all those windows-like-but-worse-looking features. it's just plain and simple and minimalistic. some people may find this *less-usable* or *old-fashion* but who cares, this is just plain super-duper personal computer experience running the best unix ever. i've used both operating systems for a long time, and well imho bsd is far superior to linux. it's just smooth.

  • Hell Yeah!

  • f*ckin good said!

  • oh come on man...just because BSD is light-weight it doesn't make it any better than linux man.this is just like saying "a ducati is better than a harley" based on their weight.

    I've never used BSD but I'm gonna give it a try one of this days.

  • I'm OK with either FreeBSD or Linux; both operating systems have their advantages and disadvantages. I'm currently fooling around with PCBSD, which seems pretty nice. It comes pre-configured with KDE as a desktop environment, and as you may have guessed by the name, it is based on FreeBSD.