Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:26:36 -0800 From: Brian Whalen <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <4942D70C.7030505@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <4942D5C0.9060307@gmail.com> References: <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211215036.526b2cad@gom.home> <20081212181148.GD36348@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212110745.7657ff59@gom.home> <20081212211111.GD37185@kokopelli.hydra> <4942D5C0.9060307@gmail.com>
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michael wrote: > has anyone stopped at all during this discussion and considered what > you're arguing about? you're all complaining about a SERVER os that > doesn't have an nvidia driver for its 64bit implementation and Wojciech. > I mean seriously, has this helped anything at all? is ranting on here > about those two things going to change 8.0 to be the next best gaming > console? no. if you want to use freebsd on your desktop with 3D you > can. just run i386. but this entire thread has gone down hill from the > OP, and it is nonsense. you get a few more registers with 64bit and > some more ram, big deal. show me a gaming console that needs more than > four gigs of ram. its not a priority and it shouldn't be. this is a > server class operating system that you CAN use on your desk if wanted. > even linux in all its glory with an nvidia 64bit driver isn't all that > great at gaming, i'm sorry its just not. its not that great with 3D > modeling either(in house and proprietary software like maya do not > count). It is a great server OS. Perhaps some would like it to be a better desktop OS? PC BSD not good enough for some I suppose? You could always get a Mac and run the NIX underneath it when needed. Brian Decide what problem you want to solve, and then get the best tool for that problem
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