Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:41:50 -0500 From: michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> To: Brian Whalen <brian@brianwhalen.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <4942DA9E.3070901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4942D918.7060403@brianwhalen.net> 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> <4942D70C.7030505@brianwhalen.net> <4942D829.4080705@gmail.com> <4942D918.7060403@brianwhalen.net>
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Brian Whalen wrote: > michael wrote: >> >> >> Brian Whalen wrote: >>> 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. >> apparently that isn't an option. i see this all the time in the free >> os market. i want, i want, i want, i want. hello, there are limited >> developers and they actually have lives outside of freebsd. >>> >>> Brian >>> Decide what problem you want to solve, and then get the best tool >>> for that problem >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > no doubt, unless we get the multimillion dollar donation like ibm did > for linux, it is what it is. I like it, it works for me, but I really > can't do more than ask for things since I don't write code. I do QA > work, that is about as close as I get. > > Brian that would be possible if freebsd ran a bit better on power or powerpc based machines. would also help if it had 15 trillion monkey developers like linux. i can't even get freebsd running on a ppc card in a power server.
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