Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:06:15 -0500 From: "Bara Zani" <bara_zani@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: freebsd as a desktop ? Message-ID: <006201c17815$d8960040$fd6e34c6@mlevy>
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Ok , I am not starting a flame/holy war here !!! this is purely out of curiosity , so a reasonable answer is required please , if you feel this is bul... than I apologize and ask you to ignore . for the sake of others please respond to my email address and not the list and I will summarize . and now for the question : I use both Linux and freebsd as servers and am happy with it ( I'd take nix over m$ any day ) . I work for a primarily nt shop now and of course sometimes the nix vs. nt question arises . I figured that I'm all talk cause I use freebsd for servers but win2k as my desktop . so I decided to install freebsd and use it as my desktop client now here is where I need your help : I use my desktop for - email , web , mp3 and downloads ... as for email - I figured I can use fetchmail for multiple accounts and pine to read/sort in folders - but what happens with attachments ? as for web - I have tried in vain to enable the java plugin on mozilla can someone help with that ? as for mp3 - what do I use ? I know xmms for Linux but for fbsd ? as for other stuff - image viewers ( xv ? ) video files ( mpg, divx , avi ) also can I use star office with freebsd ? any other personal experience for using freebsd as a desktop and server are welcomed . please email me and not the list and I will summarize , thanks barazani _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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