From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 3 14:36:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mired.org (dsl-64-192-6-133.telocity.com [64.192.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58D6437B41F for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:36:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 87072 invoked by uid 100); 3 Apr 2002 22:36:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15531.33743.830853.456500@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:35:59 -0600 To: "Anthony Atkielski" Cc: "Randall Hamilton" , Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix In-Reply-To: <009201c1db5e$41b1baa0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> <20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr> <009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15530.6987.977637.574551@guru.mired.org> <012601c1dadb$104d5100$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.2846.277278.29276@guru.mired.org> <005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.27851.19169.720598@guru.mired.org> <001301c1db55$7c883950$0301a8c0@NITEDOG> <009201c1db5e$41b1baa0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.50 (Python 2.2 on FreeBSD/i386) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In <009201c1db5e$41b1baa0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>, Anthony Atkielski typed: > Randall writes: > I believe in using the right tool for the right job. FreeBSD fits in as a > server very nicely indeed; Windows fits in as a desktop. Neither the Mac > nor Linux seems to fit in for anything, so I don't use them. Sorry, but if you make an objective evaluation, Windows *sucks* as a desktop. It forces you into the click-to-type model for window management, which is the least efficient model of the common models. Using follow-mouse takes fewer actions - and hence less time - to achieve most common desktop tasks. If you're willing to invest a little time learning something radically different, you can shave a *lot* of actions - and thus a lot of time - off those tasks. Of course, anyone who can set aside their biases will realize that going to something radically different isn't always a good idea, and following the path of least resistance - Windows - may be the right solutions for some people, even if that path does suck. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message