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Date:      Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:20:45 +0300
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
To:        Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
Cc:        Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best way to switch from Linux to BSD
Message-ID:  <4D9214ED.9010406@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local>
References:  <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local>

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on 29/03/2011 19:43 Paul Schmehl said the following:
> FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS.  Desktop support is lacking when
> compared to the other major OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux).  You can make it work,
> if you want to, but that's not what its primary function is.

Chiming in on a random post.
FreeBSD is whatever its users and developers make it to be.
FreeBSD is positioned as a general purpose OS and different people use it in very
different ways.  From embedded through servers to desktops.  Yes, really.

You can share your experience about FreeBSD as a desktop, I can share mine (which
is quite different from yours), those would be interesting (and perhaps useful)
anecdotes.
But, please, let's refrain from labeling FreeBSD and cornering it into some niche.

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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