From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 21:31:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81343106564A for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C06F8FC0C for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.141]) by pd3mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 14:31:52 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=057HfUZk8DdrvbB0s5IA:9 a=e1mru7AtMgKiOePhkIkA:7 a=nSNRl6CpO-jobfJd544oTcNd9ygA:4 a=D02SvSX6Ox4A:10 a=hMM2GHGroxMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd4ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 14:31:52 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB231701E for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:31:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:31:51 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081213133151.5d833c1c@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20081213213446.K44622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <200812112345.20572.perlcat@alltel.net> <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213103054.B8893@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213194302.GA51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213122621.001352ad@gom.home> <20081213213446.K44622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors 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: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:31:53 -0000 On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:38:29 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > It's nice people like to help other people, but it's bad it helps > them on that lists with OFF-TOPIC problems. > agreed! i think these illustrations you present are relevant: >- comparision of things that can't be compared, and are not FreeBSD >specific, like "what is better windoze or KDE" > i think questions like this come as a result of the asker not knowing the landscape (which is certainly forgivable) or just wanting a quick answer without wanting to understand anything (which is not). more appropriate - how is freebsd better than windoze? btw, just in case anyone is interested this is the page that got to go to freebsd way back when: http://people.freebsd.org/%7Emurray/bsd_flier.html (don't know how accurate it is now, but it is a comparison of freebsd, linux and win2000) i've travelled around a fair bit with both bsds and linuxes, but came back to freebsd. >- "When there will be 64-bit Nvidia Xorg support" - ask NVidia or Xorg >team. It's not part of FreeBSD > i would think a question like this would be asked by people who don't understand the mechanisms involved specifically that freebsd doesn't provide the drivers and that it is unreasonable to expect the already generous developers to reverse engineer something like this. > i don't mean moderation like removing one opinions and not others. > agreed. that would be unreasonable censorship. you're reply to another post: > If you wish you can call me "fuhrer" ;) but iwth Gestapo you certainly > got too far. > :D good response to that unfortunate eruption of enthusiasm. moderation would definitely not be a bad thing in some situations! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's