PCBSD is a nice distribution for new users to the "alternative" operating systems as it is pointed towards new users, but advance users would not be disappointed. It is nice to see that PCBSD is progressing nicely, but there is still that issue of no 64 bit support as they have done it once in the past but strictly release their distribution for 32bit support only.
Their package management system (PBI) was a nice feature when PCBSD first came out and we see that more Linux distributions go towards a similar method. Linspire had its Click-N-Run technology and OpenSuse also has a similar software package management where you can go to their site and download software to install with a few clicks. Each package gets thoroughly tested from members of PCBSD to ensure there is no issues with installing the program but there is a drawback that it does take a while to get programs to be updated. As of this writing VLC, a multimedia player, is at version 0.8.6 while VLC is currently at 0.92 version. As this is mostly community based, it might take a while to see updated software programs.
As for the software that came pre-installed after installation is completed, there was a bit lacking to my tastes. There was no office suite installed and it would have been nice to see one already installed whether it is KOffice as KMail and Konqueror are the default mail and internet clients installed or OpenOffice.
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