Hey everyone,
I have recently been wanting to get into kernel hacking and system level work, and after a bit of research, it seems that FreeBSD would be the best choice. Do you think I made the right decision? (biased answers go!) I am experienced in C, x86 Assembly, and programming in general, so I am excited to get into the kernel...eventually. Coincidentally I am purchasing a T42 IBM Thinkpad laptop soon, and after what I have been reading, I am going to use it solely for FreeBSD.
I used to use Linux a bunch, but really started to notice that it was starting to look like a real hack-job (my opinion, of course) the deeper I got into it. I hope a BSD is a bit better in this respect.
Getting prepared for my switch, I have been tinkering with the FreeBSD vanilla CLI in Virtual Box; it's fun :e! The ports system truly is neat.
Lastly, would you recommend a desktop environment for such a low powered computer? I'm probably going to just be in Emacs all day anyways. If you have any suggestions or advice for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Hope to see ya around!
I have recently been wanting to get into kernel hacking and system level work, and after a bit of research, it seems that FreeBSD would be the best choice. Do you think I made the right decision? (biased answers go!) I am experienced in C, x86 Assembly, and programming in general, so I am excited to get into the kernel...eventually. Coincidentally I am purchasing a T42 IBM Thinkpad laptop soon, and after what I have been reading, I am going to use it solely for FreeBSD.
I used to use Linux a bunch, but really started to notice that it was starting to look like a real hack-job (my opinion, of course) the deeper I got into it. I hope a BSD is a bit better in this respect.
Getting prepared for my switch, I have been tinkering with the FreeBSD vanilla CLI in Virtual Box; it's fun :e! The ports system truly is neat.
Lastly, would you recommend a desktop environment for such a low powered computer? I'm probably going to just be in Emacs all day anyways. If you have any suggestions or advice for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Hope to see ya around!