Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:27:26 +0200 From: Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> 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: <1301419646.71335.123.camel@xenon> In-Reply-To: <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local> References: <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local>
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On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS. Could you support your claim with some examples, please? > Desktop support is lacking when compared to the other major OSes > (Windows, Mac and Linux). Here too. How is "desktop support" on FreeBSD lacking? > You can make it > work, if you want to, but that's not what its primary function is. Where can I find some detailed information about what is FreeBSD's "primary funtion" and what does that even mean in the first place? > If you want a user friendly desktop OS, FreeBSD is probably not your best > choice. Why? How is KDE, Gnome, XFCE or some potential other desktop environment different from the literally exactly same one running on, say, Linux? m. -- Michal Varga, Stonehenge (Gmail account)
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