From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 19:39:59 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 114B516A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D82D43D53 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:39:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fj@panix.com) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67EEF48CA5 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from fj@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i3F2dvp03442 for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:39:57 -0400 From: Joe Altman To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040415023957.GA29964@panix.com> References: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:39:59 -0000 On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 11:36:05AM -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: > > * flatbed scanner joe on anna $: du -ch ~/tmp/Scanning-Project/ 303M /home/joe/tmp/Scanning-Project/MetMuseumBulletinWinter81-82 2.8M /home/joe/tmp/Scanning-Project/Orion-Arm-Poster-Natl-Geographic 167M /home/joe/tmp/Scanning-Project/MetMuseumBulletinFall1980 198M /home/joe/tmp/Scanning-Project/MetMuseumBulletinWinter83-84 671M /home/joe/tmp/Scanning-Project/ 671M total HP Scanjet 2200C; a USB device. > * MP3 devices Creative Labs' Muvo bits are in 5.x, I believe. If I weren't lazy, I'd use mine. > Any major sacrifices I've forgotten? Major sacrifices using Windows XP: mutt slrn exim xmms commandline iso generation windowmaker KDE Gnome RSS using Liferea Xpdf ps2* pdf2* Xine Streamtuner, for my local MP3 collection and remote streams emacs Wterm Eterm ssh and sftp in the base install text based browsers bash and the shell in general Learning, even though I don't hack code, how to edit a makefile and figure out how to maintain a system by RTFMing and using google, not to omit documentation installed on my local system. Learning that running Excessive UT in Linux emulation on FreeBSD 4.9 is like swimming with boots on. <-- I crack me up. Learning how to ask a smart question. Learning, period. Lost time: daily anti-virus signature updates; monthly security patches to the base OS and apps duct-taped to the base OS