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A lot of people think that BSD isn't a suitable OS for desktop, but it can be a good choice for the right person!

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    Use a desktop-oriented BSD distro. Some BSDs, like PC-BSD or GhostBSD have pre-installed desktop environments and software. If you don't want to build desktop from a terminal-based system, they're best choices.
  2. 2
    Use Mac OS X. Mac OS X is originally forked from FreeBSD and It can be a good choice for BSD desktop experience.
  3. 3
    Use a major BSD, then Install GUI. A major BSD like FreeBSD or OpenBSD has a lot of documents and user-guides. Also, they have big repositories that included a lot of programs.
  4. 4
    Try different BSDs, then Choose best one. You can try some BSDs on VirtualBox or VMWare then choose one of them for your desktop.
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EditTips

  • BSD is very similar to Linux, you can use Linux before using BSD.

EditWarnings

  • It's possible to BSD doesn't know some hardwares of your computer.
  • BSD isn't suitable as main desktop operating system (Except OS X). If you want to use it as main desktop operating system, you need to be a UNIX expert.

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