PC-BSD 1.4 revisited

Now that I have a good ISO of PC-BSD, I'm ready to give it a try.

Why?

PC-BSD 1.3 showed so much promise. Aside from not being able to get the monitor resolution I wanted (1024 x 768 instead of 640 x 480), the system is blindingly fast, even with the KDE desktop, and there is plenty of flexibility when it comes to software installation. You can install apps with easy-to-use PBI files -- exclusive to PC-BSD -- or go with the traditional FreeBSD Ports system. Since I blew out my FreeBSD install when adding software via Ports didn't work at all, I'm happy to have a choice.

So if PC-BSD installs on the $0 Laptop and allows me to use the optimal screen resolution, I will be a very, very happy camper. In the ideal world, over the next month I will have Ubuntu on one partition to test the new 7.10 Gutsy update (coming in 10 days now) and PC-BSD on another partition. We'll see.