BSD

[Tomas]

I have only tried it once, found the installer utter #### compared to ANY linux installers i have tried.

The installer is pretty much txt based, nothing wrong with that, but it did not say anything about how much space the packages/software used, neither did it check if i had infact enough hd space to install them.

In middle of the install, the installer crashed due to being out of space, this happened to me 3 times before i gave up  :-(

But the OS itself should be pretty damn stable, once everything is up running. But i still think linux is a better choice for as a desktop pc.

[Tomas]

Setting them up is easy enough too (even for beginners), all you need to do is follow the install guide on freebsd.org and you won't go far wrong. Really the only prerequisite for installing is the ability to read.

But i doubt it say anything about how much space each package uses? That was my  prob, i keep running out of space, since the HD was pretty small.. Ive never had that prob with linux, since all modern distros shows how much space is needed for the install, also gives you a warning if you are infact too low on space.