From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 20 18:51:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3509437B41C for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:51:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBL2p5R31294; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 03:51:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <030901c189ca$55c3d0e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "patrick reen" , References: Subject: Re: Beginner using FreeBSD Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 03:51:05 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Probably not. Windows is currently the leading desktop environment and is generally the best suited for general use by the average user. If you really cannot stand Windows, consider the Mac (made by Apple), which has a similar environment and is at least as easy to use as Windows. UNIX is a system intended mostly for technically sophisticated users and is rarely used on the desktop (it is more often used for servers, such as Web sites and the like). Unless you have a strong background in computers and you enjoy spending lots of time studying how they work and setting them up (as opposed to simply using them for day-to-day tasks), you are better off with Windows or the Mac. Note that you can only run programs intended for Windows on a Windows system, so if you are running an operating system different from Windows (UNIX, FreeBSD, Mac), the number of programs you can find and use for your computer is rather small. Of all the non-Windows systems, the Mac has by far the largest selection of programs available. If you are bound and determined to install UNIX (including FreeBSD, but the same would be true of Linux and other variants), you can find programs that handle all of the tasks you list below. Be careful what you wish for, however, as it may not be what you expect. ----- Original Message ----- From: "patrick reen" To: Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 01:43 Subject: Beginner using FreeBSD > Dear Sir, I am interested in using the freebsd os on my computer. I am > currently using windows me.-there has got to be something better- I use my > computer for the internet, word processing, email and some light graphics > and mp3 use. I know almost nothing about computers and nothing about unix > language. Would freebsd be a viable option for me? Thanks for any advice. > Pat Reen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message