Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:55:55 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: sdbug@sdbug.org Subject: Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices Message-ID: <20040414185555.GA28745@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> References: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>
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In the last episode (Apr 14), Peter Leftwich said:
> I thought I would post this as something of a warning. Using FreeBSD
> as a primary, non-dual-boot OS means sacrificing. Here is a partial
> list of sacrifices, as compared to Microsoft Windows XP:
>
> * webcam ball
> * flatbed scanner
ports/graphics/sane-* ?
> * color printer
Does it not talk postscript? Does ghostscript have a driver for it?
> * digital cameras
The ones I have used are just umass devices, msdosfs-formatted.
> * firewire devices
> * several USB 1 and 2 devices
> * IM software features such as voice and video chat
> * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls
> * MP3 devices
ports/audio/{gnupod,gtkpod,rio,rio50,rioutil,snowstar} ?
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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