From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 19:37:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8341065672 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1794E8FC22 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:37:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so307231ugs.39 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YcIFRd9lxy+i52J6gyzofkcmbwDl4SEYgXpl9gKTMvY=; b=TD6LOEZJ7D2MIrJ0/8bjw9HSeOgWn41EaouyT04mJDrMjcE/UfaFq6C8xfnJlguOUN hG6t9Zar+zlHiukV52BZs6iWJmn28Cfx8TqBcnyK79qF87umdmsKfe5TrS6Ub4GwYvtg FhUFGrEmJnHOcjVI1QY7w/zcZ9ZZCDVc3CYAs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Vux3LodC/XOXEY38u2k05fp5AvA1iI9QiwmH085TOOdYW4EukgcLdlhyqf6pGbg7w/ pYaGnmP1mf3JmDs1DMDXxenjuvR7stfEG3HoDobDOhObwZoDzOfyIcwgOJiStIO4FzBT 6NXYMHQRlvF9JQ1O1F53RenWNiFNTvAp7DmaA= Received: by 10.67.97.3 with SMTP id z3mr2406033ugl.37.1227037071984; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4438580.home.otenet.gr [79.129.170.36]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 18sm7284140ugk.47.2008.11.18.11.37.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4923198B.9010908@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:37:47 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7f8a05a80811171609h2f5742cfo2ae003415a99e45f@mail.gmail.com> <20081118121634.S84157@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081118123147.GA96005@ei.bzerk.org> <94136a2c0811180444n51cae14bg70654bc7b93445f8@mail.gmail.com> <20081118141648.M84450@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081118192353.GC4787@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081118192353.GC4787@kokopelli.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:37:53 -0000 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:18:13PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> By constantly repeating that UNIX is no Windows replacement you are >>> >> and i will repeat it because it's true. it's every other unix replacement. >> > > It did a quite admirable job of replacing MS Windows for me. I don't > know why you're so down on it. > > > >> as linux tries for many years to be windows replacement - it's both low >> end unix and low end windows replacement, "windows for poor". >> > > > > . . . and, as I said, FreeBSD is a great MS Windows replacement for me. > I don't miss MS Windows *at all* when I'm using FreeBSD on my laptop > every single day. > > (Responding to random post) Could we please *close* this discussion now? This is simply a waste of the list resources, people will always have ideas on why an OS is better or worse than another. If the original poster wanted to know something about all this, he would have probably commented by now. Has it come to anyone's mind that the original post was probably a simple act of trolling? (and someone is now amused by all this?) In the end, when someone is presented with the facts and can have a hands on experience with a system (and it won't cost him a dime to do so), he can decide whether he wants to use it, whether it can replace his current system and whether he is willing to climb the steep learning curve. Let's give people choice, we don't need to force this or any other OS down anyone's throat. Let's just help whoever comes in here - Some will appreciate FreeBSD *and* the community and will stay. And it will be there choice. Just my 2c Over and out ;)