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Question

which command is to bring up the GUI of BSD?

Jul 12, 2011 12:28PM PDT

I think Linux is similar to BSD, but this command seems different.

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Interesting question.
Jul 13, 2011 2:24AM PDT

Since BSD at it's heart and soul has no GUI but a command line, wouldn't this be some shell or such that was added later and the command to do that would depend on what GUI was installed?
Bob

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startx
Jul 13, 2011 7:54PM PDT

startx both on Linux and BSD.
Just on most Linux set-ups GUI auto-starts at the end of boot time.
If you want BSD with GUI better chose correct distribution fisrt like this one:
http://www.desktopbsd.net/

And in general commands and programs are 95%-99% same on Linux and BSD. Main difference is totally different OS kernel.

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Isn't that optional?
Jul 14, 2011 12:29AM PDT
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Thanks all...
Jul 14, 2011 10:09AM PDT

Since Mac OS is derived from BSD, I think it is the best UNIX/Linux for us to migrate from Windows.

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Yes on FreeBSD
Jul 15, 2011 12:13AM PDT

FreeBSD - the most popular BSD version is without GUI by default.
But you can install it yourself later.
But as as mentioned in previous post it is simpler to chose BSD version with GUI by default and DesktopBSD is probably the best option.

MAC OS is based on Darwin OS. And Darwin OS (~=Apple BSD version) is based on BSD.
So MAC OS is not really BSD, but this is arguable.

And of-topic Apple > Microsoft because they make free OS for us: Darwin Grin