From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 00:34:15 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 7B12B16A407 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1454913C467 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.199] (202-172-126-254.cpe.qld-1.comcen.com.au [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (8.13.4/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m1L0WP4j055777 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:32:28 +1100 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080220235019.GF97072@demeter.hydra> References: <276406.27436.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080219114803.V2675@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1203419902.6470.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080219125031.R2835@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1203423219.6470.86.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080219154929.GA91805@demeter.hydra> <1203468277.6470.114.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080220235019.GF97072@demeter.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:32:20 +1000 Message-Id: <1203553940.3455.6.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-1.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.439, required 4, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.36, BAYES_00 -15.00) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro 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: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:34:15 -0000 On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 16:50 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:44:37AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 08:49 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > The way you phrased it makes it sound like FreeBSD is simply unsuited to > > > use as a desktop system. Contrary to that impression, I'm sending this > > > from a Thinkpad laptop with FreeBSD on it, and it's by far the best > > > "desktop" OS I've ever had the pleasure to use. > > > > Me too. But you have to be more enabled to get a lot of the software the > > is wanted on a desktop system working. Case in point: Gnome is not > > automatically installed (or kde or any other wm). Web browsing can be > > tricky because you have to get wrappers for plugins and so on. For you > > and me- we don't mind because we know the result will be fantastic, but > > others who just want to get on with it it can be a pain. > > More enabled . . . ? > > You have to be "more enabled" to use *anything* that isn't preinstalled > by the hardware vendor. That basically means anything that isn't MS > Windows or MacOS X. After all, Linux, FreeBSD, Plan 9 . . . none of them > are "automatically installed" on any computer, with rare exceptions. > > Considering the original question of the OP wouldn't you agree that this might be their background? > > > > Therefore, I'd say a desktop version of FreeBSD would be better > > described as a workstation. Considering we're comparing to Ubuntu, I'd > > say thats a fair statement. > > I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. >