Dru Lavigne has a nice quick overview of using PC-BSD, the distro I use on my local machine. I've really been impressed with the v1.0 release - it installed painlessly on my machine and it connected up reasonably well with my Windows network. At least I can see Windows shares, but I can't seem to write to any of them. I'm still working out the kinks as far as getting it plugged into my home network.
I also downloaded the VMWare Image and installed it on my work computer (which is a real sweet machine - dual 3.0ghz CPU, 2gb RAM, 160gb of RAID 1 hard drive), which runs the (free!) VMWare Server just swell. I've always been a big VMWare fan and with the free stuff they now offer, it is a no-brainer to use it.
One thing that virtual machines are just great for is testing out new software. By using the download VMWare image, I can check to see how my PBI (PCBSD Installation package) is coming along when installed on a vanilla machine. Yup, I'm working on my very first PBI, which will install Emacs 21. Following Dru's instructions for building PC-BSD packages, I was up and running fairly quickly. I hope to have a more complete report soon.
ONLamp.com -- Using PC-BSD
ONLamp.com -- Building Binary PC-BSD Packages
I also downloaded the VMWare Image and installed it on my work computer (which is a real sweet machine - dual 3.0ghz CPU, 2gb RAM, 160gb of RAID 1 hard drive), which runs the (free!) VMWare Server just swell. I've always been a big VMWare fan and with the free stuff they now offer, it is a no-brainer to use it.
One thing that virtual machines are just great for is testing out new software. By using the download VMWare image, I can check to see how my PBI (PCBSD Installation package) is coming along when installed on a vanilla machine. Yup, I'm working on my very first PBI, which will install Emacs 21. Following Dru's instructions for building PC-BSD packages, I was up and running fairly quickly. I hope to have a more complete report soon.
ONLamp.com -- Using PC-BSD
ONLamp.com -- Building Binary PC-BSD Packages
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