Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:15:58 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: met@uberstats.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <200207252115.58094.mark.rowlands@minmail.net> In-Reply-To: <3D4048C6.4000804@owt.com> References: <1027621659.65b8affcjud@myrealbox.com> <3D4048C6.4000804@owt.com>
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On Thu July 25 2002 20:51, Kent Stewart wrote: > Jud wrote: > > -----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 ? > Something nobody else seems to mentioned..... you can run ipfilter or ipfw. As my laptop gets plugged into a lot of windows environments, running ipfilter and only opening up what I need when I need it is kind of comforting. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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