From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 2 14:14: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-2.enteract.com (smtp-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4BD37B406 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:14:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jamestown.21stcentury.net (24-148-18-116.na.21stcentury.net [24.148.18.116]) by smtp-2.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3BB095BE; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:13:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jtm@localhost) by jamestown.21stcentury.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) id f92LCLE15375; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:12:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jtm63@enteract.com) X-Authentication-Warning: jamestown.21stcentury.net: jtm set sender to jtm63@enteract.com using -f To: "Mit Rowe" Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs to awake and come out of SERVER only market! References: From: James McNaughton Date: 02 Oct 2001 16:12:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <86g091pwzv.fsf@localhost.21stcentury.net> Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Mit Rowe" writes: > I wouldn't use FreeBSD for a desktop if my life depended on it. Yet for me at home, FreeBSD _is_ my main desktop. I use WinXX for gaming only. > It's not what is was designed for, and quite frankly would likely take away > from the reasons it *was* designed for: a nice, solid, dependable and > reliable networked operating system. I can't speak for the designers, but I think it works just great for both uses. I have one machine running as an internet gateway/print server/database server/whatever else I think of server and one as a desktop for email/net surfing/writing/et cetera. A great strength of the system -- in my opinion -- is the flexibility available. You can configure it to suit your needs. So why exclude entire domains of use? The original poster appears to be a troll anyway, so I'm not getting upset. The core team and committers know what they're doing. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message