From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 13:10:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A33716A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:10:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx2.magma.ca (mx2.magma.ca [206.191.0.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D41243D5F for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:10:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Received: from in2.magma.ca (in2.magma.ca [206.191.0.224]) by mx2.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id i6ODAtv8029525 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:10:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.sohotech.ca (ottawa-hs-64-26-169-251.s-ip.magma.ca [64.26.169.251]) by in2.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id i6ODAsY1027817 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:10:54 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (heinlein.sohotech.ca [192.168.1.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx1.sohotech.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6ODArUk034959 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:10:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Message-ID: <41025FDC.2050801@grokking.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:10:52 -0400 From: Ed Budd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040702) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000001c47178$5cfec070$6500a8c0@giga7nnxp> In-Reply-To: <000001c47178$5cfec070$6500a8c0@giga7nnxp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Subject: Re: Are you truly a M$ desktop alternative? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:10:57 -0000 Sir: 1. FreeBSD is NOT linux. Had you taken any time to read the FAQ and peruse the website at freebsd.org you would know this; 2. I've yet to read anyone in-the-know suggest that Freebsd is an appropriate desktop replacement OS for (typically) non tech-savvy Windows users. Internet servers are another matter altogether and I know in my mind from working with both Windows and *BSD in various capacities that the latter family beats the former in terms of reliability, perfomance and security hands down; 3. You seem to be confused regarding the roles played by an operating system and user applications. As such, your questions are largely tangential to the purpose and functionality of this mailing list. However, there are folks here much kinder and more patient than myself who will probably point you in the right direction, regardless of your troll-like demeanor. Just my personal opinion as a happy FBSD user and (of course) in no way reflective of the position of anyone but myself. Have a great day! EB