From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 19 03:56:29 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093E8DA806A for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:56:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22f.google.com (mail-io0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C013F69D72 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id l7so17197108iof.1 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:56:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=5Y3MG4oSwy2FqQgBha7wyvWP6uED9rN6Onh+vTLlZV4=; b=hS1RWCXvdYs8G4VL5JcfAm1YpkWHBToODNb3GxlFAUBskTjLPPJZFiwh9Ow0nyNpRL ObviFKg6fbEYetEBD5XJaPd9uRocnXf4vua5/BFSgGzFK3tWOPeMsar3LUw0XmGAwiqF ee6qAIGHNejTh5HVA6wNkBzhIaKNMU6Otu4p3nki+pwtYTyUmLTbxq1ToUSWdIYEL5sq qpqKWOmRU49/aAf+qtJhg6yzpdmBvZEjPz44Cn2yRaftZe3GkdJVrvclU/TrFtEI11Dc CbFniKc64+VDML4UE/oaaT7Sibjqd+kp9U9rhJCZkbaTTq3QjuTLAFZYoqk4iX3Z9hL/ u3Ww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=5Y3MG4oSwy2FqQgBha7wyvWP6uED9rN6Onh+vTLlZV4=; b=Zv9sttMeZhDbZh7/MPfZgiU0KST3fsi8LO2ZW0K6DLURUF0YWaLmH4Llcpf2gWjyUE JK84ytv4uAk5mQpuEmezh9c54plsb1ifwlff37l8lYhBQO0PvmJ9E98n/hfLOJ5rH5XR dfFJ6wWxLVPzA1yffdyNqW1/IoxKMrdJ5XJP/5CL1ncdoA46OBy2irmhB9lVhLExFwBb U8ni1jgiQcdF6R7ykvUQqBkdjaPT9F1dZqv0bpfgHFNn5xajFL0hgvHpnDnLIJZKc9li FTSY+zIxRDo+2oYObVkri7+K43TkQO3IGM7TREe+K03UwW1Vxw4d72xbuukbvcHWGvZm 6bNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw112N3PjOf3IKNrv6O1PLM82WGGCmKBSKgszKATTpSbZD/hHvDFlw nV9Vnkra0PQ2W+1990X6ILmyELx+lQ== X-Received: by 10.107.10.168 with SMTP id 40mr656132iok.210.1500436587441; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:56:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.150.87 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:56:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Kurt Buff Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:56:26 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:56:29 -0000 Yes, absolutely - as long as you use hardware that's supported. That can sometimes be a bit tricky, especially for wireless networking - but check your hardware. I've got two laptops and several desktops running FreeBSD. My platforms are mostly for email/office/sysadmin stuff, not gaming/entertainment, but I know there are people out there who do that as well. Kurt On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:32 PM, SOUL_OF_ROOT 55 wrote: > Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"