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Subject: RE: Convince me, please!
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>to the task.  In general, I would say that FreeBSD is not the appropriate 
>choice for a "user" who is not at least somewhat interested in the how's 
and why's of the OS.

FreeBSD is excellent for average user if accessed through terminal (or X 
terminal) and configured by system administrator.
or quickly - done right way.

as administrator it only one and such users may be a lot, the "TCO" is 
really small.