BSD: The TPU! way

wiak · Feb 26, 2007

you might have hear of unix? yes?
and The University of California, Berkeley yes?
then you might have heard of Berkeley Software Distribution? yes?
this is the BSD way of TPU!

NOTE: this is BSD, do not confuse it with Linux, thats another Operating system :-)

Try it out there are many live cd/dvd based systems based on varius bsd operating systems
FreeBSD
The FreeBSD Operating system, there are altenatives, like OpenBSD, NetBSD, but in this thread i will show you FreeBSD
latest FreeBSD stable is 7.2
http://freebsd.org
you might want to read the FreeBSD Handbook
if you want the adventures of installing it the old school way
or just try some of the customized based on freebsd's that are easy to install, see below

FreeBSD based

DesktopBSD is based on FreeBSD 6.2, its freebsd with a new skin
http://desktopbsd.net
LiveCD/InstallCD, http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/477

PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD, its a new system, it uses the kernel (the core) of freebsd
http://www.pcbsd.org
VMware image, http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=download#vmware

zekrahminator · Feb 26, 2007

I will definitely try PC-BSD, right as soon as I get my hands on some blank CD's :ohwell:

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Alec§taar · Feb 26, 2007

I'd bet that MIGONS sounds off in here... I know he's a UNIX person, because I've seen him on many forums & know where he is coming from as a UNIX fan!

* Best IP Stack in the business exists on the BSD series, afaik... after all, it was good enough for Microsoft to pattern THEIR Windows NT-based OS' IP stack from!

APK

wiak · Feb 27, 2007

zekrahminator said:
I will definitely try PC-BSD, right as soon as I get my hands on some blank CD's .

you should try DesktopBSD 1.6, it can be booted live from CD/DVD

Easy Rhino · Feb 27, 2007

Here is a interesting and brief history of the freeBSD project! :rockout:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/history.html

Migons · Mar 7, 2007

Alec§taar said:
I'd bet that MIGONS sounds off in here... I know he's a UNIX person, because I've seen him on many forums & know where he is coming from as a UNIX fan!

Hhaha, definitely :laugh:

But yeah, I certainly like FreeBSD and recommend everybody to try it out. Or maybe DesktopBSD is better to start getting to know BSD world (because DBSD can be used as normal FreeBSD too - without X11's and KDE/Gnome's few-day installation process).

Easy Rhino · Mar 7, 2007

Migons said:
Hhaha, definitely

But yeah, I certainly like FreeBSD and recommend everybody to try it out. Or maybe DesktopBSD is better to start getting to know BSD world (because DBSD can be used as normal FreeBSD too - without X11's and KDE/Gnome's few-day installation process).

haha yea. compiling x11 and i high end gui from source can take a couple hours even with a high powered cpu. the nice thing about desktopbsd is that it is already configured freebsd/gui package.

wiak · Jan 7, 2008

Easy Rhino said:
haha yea. compiling x11 and i high end gui from source can take a couple hours even with a high powered cpu. the nice thing about desktopbsd is that it is already configured freebsd/gui package.

and DesktopBSD uses the award winning and excellence FreeBSD ports/package Collection :toast:

Ravenas · Jan 7, 2008

Will this work on the PS3?

Easy Rhino · Jan 7, 2008

im not sure if it will work. i am assuming that it will if you get the right architecture version. whatever architecture yellowdog uses then get that for bsd.

Wile E · Jan 8, 2008

Try ppc64 for BSD. You'll have to find or make a suitable bootloader to install it tho.

wiak · Jan 8, 2008

Wile E said:
Try ppc64 for BSD. You'll have to find or make a suitable bootloader to install it tho.

jupp, there isnt a PPC64 version of DesktopBSD nor PC-BSD, only FreeBSD has PPC64 version

Wile E · Jan 8, 2008

wiak said:
jupp, there isnt a PPC64 version of DesktopBSD nor PC-BSD, only FreeBSD has PPC64 version

I was just speaking of BSD in general. Never really messed with it, so I don't know what distros have what.

cebit · May 5, 2009

A quick note.

the NT kernel includes many concepts of the original BSD design. This applies to practically every workstation OS built by MS: NT, 2K, XP, VISTA, W7.

In my opinion the best implementation of BSD in terms of usability and effectiveness in a production environment is OSX.

Easy Rhino · May 5, 2009

cebit said:
A quick note.

the NT kernel includes many concepts of the original BSD design. This applies to practically every workstation OS built by MS: NT, 2K, XP, VISTA, W7.

In my opinion the best implementation of BSD in terms of usability and effectiveness in a production environment is OSX.

yea, OSX is really the hardcore desktop version of BSD. btw, 7.2 came out yesterday.

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BSD: The TPU! way

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