Ruminations on the Digital Realm

After playing and working with DesktopBSD and PC-BSD I have developed a soft spot for both desktop-oriented *BSD’s. Hence, it is good news to see that Desktop 1.6 final has been released. Take a look at the release notes and you will agree that this is an up to date and stable release with a [...]

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On November 1st I started with this series about DesktopBSD and we are now six weeks later. Six weeks in which I played, wrestled and worked with DesktopBSD almost every day. If there was only one conclusion I was allowed to draw it would be this: after a while I kind of forgot I was [...]

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I have tried to avoid comparing my experiences while working with DesktopBSD with PC-BSD or Ubuntu. Today may be a good day to at least do a formal comparison between DesktopBSD and PC-BSD. I guess it can’t be avoided. Two FreeBSD-based open source desktops with similar goals, but finding different solutions.
The similarities between PC-BSD and [...]

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After working two months with desktop oriented BSD’s I have more than enough material to write about. A lot of it was written down in the two 30 day series, but -fortunately- it will also end up in some real life publications. In this period I am working on two articles about PC-BSD and DesktopBSD. [...]

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This 30 day series is nearing it’s end and basically I find myself being able to work with DesktopBSD without a lot of problems. I tend to look more at the available applications and whether they work properly or not. Two applications I keep an eye on are BibleTime and GNOMESword, two programs I use [...]

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