Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 07:21:30 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI question. Message-ID: <3C7F805A.EE69D394@centtech.com> References: <200203010532.AAA17582@alpha.vaxxine.com>
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ok.. I'll join in too. :) "Paul C. Boyle" wrote: > Do you use FreeBSD as a desktop workstation or do you still clean windows. I use FreeBSD for everything. I have workstations at home and at work running it, plus my notebook. I also run it on VPN's and firewalls. I use BlackBox and AfterStep (I like BlackBox more tho - superfast, and simple). > Does FreeBSD do everything you need for a workstation? Yes, except for video editing. There isn't any software for any free OS that does good video editing. (that I know of?) > Personaly I think KDE is elegant. And I can't see waisting a 17" flat screen > monitor on just a black and white console. KDE looks like windows. It is familiar to everyone. But, like windows, it is a hog of every resource, and slows you down. It seems to get in the way more than be useful as a tool (which is what a computer is). My $0.02. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is probably not for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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