Dear All,
No intention to start a flamewar at all. I have been using Debian happily for several years (though I am far from an expert or someone with professional skills).
I may get a spare laptop for personal use in the near future and I am considering the idea of installing an OS different from linux. I am considering freeBSD FreeBSD, but what are the pros/cons of such a choice? Hardware detection is crucial to me (e.g. I do not want/do not have the time to spend hours to get the wireless working) and so are the scientific tools available (R, SciPy, Mayavi2, Python etc...).
I should also add that I have absolutely zero experience with freebsd FreeBSD so I hope to be able to at least go beyond the installation.
Cheers
larry77
No intention to start a flamewar at all. I have been using Debian happily for several years (though I am far from an expert or someone with professional skills).
I may get a spare laptop for personal use in the near future and I am considering the idea of installing an OS different from linux. I am considering freeBSD FreeBSD, but what are the pros/cons of such a choice? Hardware detection is crucial to me (e.g. I do not want/do not have the time to spend hours to get the wireless working) and so are the scientific tools available (R, SciPy, Mayavi2, Python etc...).
I should also add that I have absolutely zero experience with freebsd FreeBSD so I hope to be able to at least go beyond the installation.
Cheers
larry77