Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:38:06 -0500 From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> To: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net>, "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <008101c2340a$6adb27e0$f100a8c0@rns02>
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- Response ~ You can allmost do the same thing on FreeBSD as Windows just not the crazy support windows has. Your common stuff like Office, AIM, ICQ, C/C++ programming, etc. Can all be done on FreeBSD just as well as Windows. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com> > To: <met@uberstats.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:27 PM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 > Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop > > 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 > > > /************************************************************** > > Matthew Metnetsky > > met@uberstats.com > > **************************************************************/ > > See http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html . > > Regarding running on your laptop, see > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6R/hardware-i386.html > > Yes, that's a bit cryptic, but these pages will > give you some answers, and allow you to ask more > specific questions. > > HTH, > > Jud > > > > 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
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