> I know is this is a LUG (versus a BUG), so flame away if you want ...
>
> Have you ever run NetBSD on a PPC? Server-wise I found it to be far superior
> than linux (I was comparing it to Gentoo). It is (or at least was) a real
> hassle to install.
I tried FreeBSD (or was it OpenBSD) years back (like 10+ years). Back
then installation was much more complex than then-current Debian.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BSD_operating_systems for
details on the various BSDs. The important marketing points are NetBSD =
portable, OpenBSD = secure, FreeBSD = standard desktop.
NetBSD remains very, very portable. Any design decision that would
impare portability has been avoided. OpenBSD has a similar philosphy
with regards to security, while FreeBSD went the easier-to-use
runs-on-x86 route.
Would I expect NetBSD to be as easy to install as FreeBSD? No way.
FreeBSD gets to expect (and rely upon) modern hardware.
That being said, every supported platform should be able to support a
nice curses-based display -- even if it is only over a serial console.
The BSDs have likely made significant improvements since I saw them
last, and possibly since you saw them last.
Almost bringing it back to Linux...
The Debian project has been working on non-Linux distributions, namely:
The Debian GNU/kFreeBSD folks supposedly have something usable:
http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/index.en.html
Debian will also likely be the first with a HURD release.
http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/index.en.html
Cheers,
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