Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:29:42 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> Cc: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>, met@uberstats.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <3D4051A6.4080107@owt.com> References: <1027621659.65b8affcjud@myrealbox.com> <3D4048C6.4000804@owt.com> <200207252115.58094.mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
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Mark Rowlands wrote: > 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. I rarely agree 100% with anything. I can always find something wrong. I use FreeBSD because it handles source in a consistent manner, i.e., cvsup and one source (VERY IMPORTANT), and ipfw for a firewall. I could probably use Darren's program but got started on ipfw. What other OS can you exchange email with the developer and get a solution to a problem in 15 minutes. The fix is also available to everyone in the world at the same time. The first bug I found in Windows 98 was 6 months before I had a fix. I beta tested NT and its versions and problems on my systems were fixed before it was released. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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