Comments on: PC-BSD on FLOSS Weekly http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/ Discover the Desktop Fri, 17 May 2013 17:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: dru http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1195 dru Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:56:35 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1195 We’re hoping for improved wireless support as well :-)

]]> By: dru http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1189 dru Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:30:22 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1189 Let us know what luck you have with it this time.

]]> By: Kris Moore http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1188 Kris Moore Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:43:56 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1188 Honestly I’ve never tried porting it to nanobsd, or heard of anybody who has :) You are welcome to grab all our code out of SVN and compile it, they are mostly shell / QT4, so as long as you can compile / run those then most utilities should work.

]]> By: zenny http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1187 zenny Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:14:11 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1187 PC-BSD is as easy as any linux distro. I am following it since it was first launched in 2005. Recently, I installed it on a toshiba laptop which I use as a development platform and to create nanobsd images. Works seemlessly (yes, there are some tweaks that I had to perform to install i3-wm (a lightweigt floating/tiling window manager).

The only thing I feel it lacking is downsizing the distro to boot from a CF just like nanobsd. Generally I am thinking of booting with nanobsd image and then add the bells and whistles and X from the PC-BSD repository on separate zfs / on separate HDDs. The purpose is to split the boot image from the all other changeable variables, X applications and data.

However, Kris can more elaborate on the subject as well as on the “no CIFS and iSCSI” comment here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS#Comparisons).

]]> By: Dave http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1186 Dave Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:50:35 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1186 Great interview. PC-BSD works great in VirtualBox on Linux Mint host. I just wish wifi and mobile broadband worked easier so I could really use it. The RTFM attitude on the forums, hasn’t helped either. Oh well, maybe in PC-BSD 10 or 11, wifi and mobile broadband access will be as effortless as it is Linux distro’s.

]]> By: Dalek http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1185 Dalek Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:40:47 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1185 I downloaded PC-BSD a long time ago, but could not get it installed. After hearing the enthusiastic interview on FLOSS Weekly, I decided to come back and give it another shot. Downloading it as we speak and can’t wait to play with it! :)

]]> By: zenny http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1184 zenny Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:49:43 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1184 Kris:

That I know that pcbbsd is freebsd and / in zfs as default installation is possible.

I can compile nanobsd on my own, but is there a peculiar way to port the pc-bsd gui packages (including xserver) to nanobsd images when compiling?

Just could not find that info anywhere.

]]> By: Kris Moore http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1183 Kris Moore Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:06:43 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1183 We don’t have any nanobsd images, however you can install to a single ZFS root partition, during the installation select “Advanced” disk partitioning, then create a single ZFS partition for / and you’ll be good to go.

]]> By: zenny http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1182 zenny Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:21:46 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1182 thehumanape.org***Kris:

A wonderful interview. Your positive attitude is admirable. Keep your spirit up.

I am waiting for 9.0 release (at least 9-Current-Beta 3).

BTW, I am searching for to install the pcbsd desktop on nanobsd on a flash drive with the entire data and root in zfs in HDDs. Do you have any inputs in this connection?

zenny

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]]> By: mike4ca http://blog.pcbsd.org/2011/09/pc-bsd-on-floss-weekly/#comment-1152 mike4ca Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:08:56 +0000 http://blog.pcbsd.org/?p=734#comment-1152 I am a regular FLOSS weekly listener. I actually watched this one. It was nice to see how much energy and enthusiasm Kris has for this project. Written interviews have a hard time portraying the enthusiasm. Keep up the good work Kris and the rest of the PC-BSD team!

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