If I could I would but virtualbox fails to build (after I spent over 2 days compiling a legion of dependencies for it), and there appears to be no prebuilt binary for it...unless there's one ready in ports now.noobster said:You might want to try VirtualBox instead of QEMU, because in my experience it runs much faster and installing a Linux should work without problems.
Eponasoft said:If I could I would but virtualbox fails to build (after I spent over 2 days compiling a legion of dependencies for it), and there appears to be no prebuilt binary for it...unless there's one ready in ports now.
DutchDaemon said:@Almindor
Using ports on a desktop/laptop sounds like overkill to me. I will only use ports on heavy servers where I need the extra edge of compiling in a certain way. On the desktop, I use packages 95% of the time (I will use a port if I need a quick security upgrade, or if I just don't want to wait for new functionality).
My latest laptop was up and running in 1.5 hours (STABLE compiled + 478 installed packages, X11/windowmaker). If it takes more time, you're doing it the wrong way.
By the way: GenToo and FreeBSD, while 'alike in spirit', are still very different beasts. I don't think a less-than-optimal experience with GT has any reflection on BSD (one of my colleagues ditched GT for BSD, and he couldn't be happier).
hugo said:Not necessarily, I know at least one person that got started with FreeBSD
DutchDaemon said:I find it very difficult to underestimate linux.
homemade said:Debian for servers and Ubuntu for Desktops.
Ever since FreeBSD 8.0, I might be forced to leave FBSD for a more secure future; but I love FBSD.
topher said:Its based on Slack and uses a ports tree.