Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 From: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <002c01c23408$5a860330$6801a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how
well does it stand as a desktop, or rather a laptop. To be blunt, I'm
tired of Microsoft and was wondering how feasible it is to run FreeBSD
as my Laptop OS. I will do some searching, but are there good GUI
environments for word processing, C/C++ development, email, ICQ, some
port of AOL Instant Messenger (I can't believe I'm putting this here),
MP3 players/converters, web browsers that actually keep up to date with
the standards, and anything else commonly used ?
- Matthew
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