From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Feb 3 13:15: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5186B37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:14:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.acuson.com (thor.acuson.com [157.226.71.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74FF43F3F for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:14:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com (mvaexch02.acuson.com [157.226.230.209]) by thor.acuson.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H9R002X04BBPY@thor.acuson.com> for freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:13:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:07:37 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-188.acuson.com ([157.226.46.188]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id Y2R0HFD7; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:09:15 -0800 Content-return: allowed Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:14:41 -0800 From: Johnson David Subject: Is FreeBSD Ready for the Desktop? To: freebsd-advocacy Message-id: <200302031314.41731.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Organization: Siemens Medical Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There's a guest column by Samba team leader John Terpstra on DesktopLinux.com. It talks about what is needed by Linux to win in the corporate environment. I checked it out to see what FreeBSD needed to do to win over the same consumers. Surprisingly enough, FreeBSD is already there. Ironically, reading through John's list, it seems that those Linux distros that claim to be the most "desktop ready" are those furthest from achieving that goal. This article is a great argument in favor of FreeBSD. It's not about pretty installers and flashy desktops, it's about choice, stability, security, and making the user's life easier. David Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message