Mad Penguin: PC-BSD vs. Linux Distributions: A Mega Battle | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: PC-BSD vs. Linux Distributions: A Mega Battle

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Matt Hartley
Jan 19, 2007

“If you haven’t heard of PC-BSD by now, then you must be living
in a box. PC-BSD is perhaps the best thing to come to the desktop
BSD world in a very long time. But unfortunately, it looks as if
this fantastic distribution is following the rest of the pack and
will be trying to locate funds by competing with Linux for business
customers. Why should this matter? Check this out…

“When I think of a good distribution that allows a user to
transition from Windows to feel right at home, I used to think of
Xandros. But today, it feels like they are so focused on keeping
themselves above water that the home user is being left on the back
burner…”

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Matt Hartley

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