From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 16:38:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC3116A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:38:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 450D943D41 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:38:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (blackwater.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6562BD82 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:38:27 +1000 (EST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 18C9C51226; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:08:26 +0930 (CST) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:08:26 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20040414233825.GK93611@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45wMVEkw4XUbiYON" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: sdbug@sdbug.org Subject: Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:38:30 -0000 --45wMVEkw4XUbiYON Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 14 April 2004 at 11:36:05 -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote: > 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 > * color printer > * digital cameras > * 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 > > Any major sacrifices I've forgotten? ":-\ Who knows? I don't even understand what you're talking about. Of these, I use on FreeBSD: > * color printer > * digital cameras > * firewire devices > * several USB 1 and 2 devices > * MP3 devices About the rest: > * webcam ball What's that? Webcams work. > * flatbed scanner Scanners are supported. > * IM software features such as voice and video chat Are you talking about "Instant Messenger"? I don't know why you'd want to use it, but there's support for it in the Ports Collection. > * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls I don't know what that is, but if web sites use non-standard extensions, they're not standards compliant. That's their issue, not FreeBSD's. Of course, I can't tell you that everything in FreeBSD is better. I only know (and so do the people who have to listen to me bitching on IRC) that Microsoft XP is one of the most frustrating environments I have ever tried to use. I'd "sacrifice" a lot to avoid having to use it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --45wMVEkw4XUbiYON Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfctxIubykFB6QiMRAiZAAJ9r6o9LNQCc5tzjhNnhngsvm85l5QCdHFLV RPatdIA3No2Kr4dK7TiItYs= =dHPL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45wMVEkw4XUbiYON--