From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 26 16:44:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A9716A400 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C5013C4A3 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so390544ana for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:44:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ezYXD+bO824PME3o+5bUGdDyCCao4y6PwZ6DzZCQKBm4KSPrsgEIxsHwzYWfACYXcwX3ELhhiSKbmwocqdFtuijKbqzmKvfM+fH5ExChfHckyUHkm7vXPmGxCxxzGrdd9B1nQoAAKGg3VQrkNGgtfSvp+f4FtRHdOvQ5dLJ096c= Received: by 10.48.48.18 with SMTP id v18mr1680062nfv.1169829860020; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.255.10 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:44:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0701260844l512ecdfbqf868b82b6d68b452@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:19 +0000 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <17849.59412.208973.390543@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45B8B022.1020909@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20070125140805.B115E13C459@mx1.freebsd.org> <17849.59412.208973.390543@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Subject: Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:21 -0000 On 1/26/07, Robert Huff wrote: > > Juha Saarinen writes: > > > > People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > > variants) for a great many years now. > > Indeed. Not long after Linux appeared on the radar of the > general public, the tech reporter for my local paper (which, being > the /Boston Globe/ is not quite as tech-challenged as most > publications, but even so) did a very nice and very accurate called > something like "The most important OS you've never heard about." > > > > Robert Huff I think PCBSD 1.3 and DesktopBSD 1.6 will change this soon, since they are making FreeBSD desktop ready for workstations, pcs, and laptops Check http://www.bsdstats.org/ and see PCBSD rank now ;) The only thing is needed to boost FreeBSD image as a desktop ready OS is missing Flash native player. I have filled feature request in adobe to port Flash player to FreeBSD as well. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/