From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 23:10:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E58A16A4B3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:10:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebsdgirl.com (daemonporn.com [66.36.228.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956814400B for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:10:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) Received: from freebsdgirl.com (nat-66-223-56.interland.net [66.223.56.202] (may be forged)) by freebsdgirl.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8O6AlMl044529; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:10:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:10:09 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Mike Hoskins From: Randi Harper In-Reply-To: <20030918152944.I59860@fubar.adept.org> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a desktop OS was Re: Sorry X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:10:32 -0000 On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 06:35 PM, Mike Hoskins wrote: > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Johnson David wrote: >>> So if we combine X with FreeBSD we've got a desktop OS :) >> I'm using FreeBSD + XFree86 + KDE as my primary desktop at work and at >> home. But no one believes me. Even when they see me calmly working at >> my desk they don't believe me. > > let me guess -- they have pointy hair too. ;) > > seriously... for anyone that's doubtful (surely no one here), FreeBSD > makes a great desktop OS. more apps and utils are available every day, > emulation helps a lot, and there are more window managers in the ports > collection than you can shake a stick at! > Anyone that says FreeBSD doesn't make a good desktop doesn't know what they are talking about, in my opinion. It may take a little more work than redhat, but that's life. When I got my very first laptop, I wanted to install FreeBSD on it, and a very annoying person told me "That'll never happen, FreeBSD developers aren't concerned about laptop support. FreeBSD is for servers." How he knows what the developers are 'concerned about', I'm still not certain. FreeBSD worked fabulously on my laptop. neener neener. Randi Harper sektie@freebsdgirl.com http://freebsdgirl.com