This week, I started using freebsd intensively on my old desktop.
After hundreds of test-and-try, I am now a bit familar with the freebsd system now.
The following is my short review of the freebsd 5.4-release
1) Installation. With the help of documentation, the installation is not too difficult. I may point out that it involves a lot of network configuration, which might be too hard for newbies. As I had already got used to the text-based installation of Debian, the text-based freebsd installation doesn't give me much trouble.
2) Software installation. You may use both binary package or source based ports system to install softwares. It's flexible. The dependency problem seems no trouble. However, because my desktop is so slow (Celeon 550M), that I can do a "world" source based upgrade.
3) The other part is quite similar to other Linux/Unix system.
Anyway, I have figured out the sawfish configuration a little bit. That's a good thing.
FreeBSD tips
1) LS color: to enable colors in 'ls' command, you have to use 'ls -G' command option. Also, you must set the value of the LSCOLORS variable for propers. It is not as flexible as Linux LS_COLORS variable.
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