Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:52:57 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Unix vs. Linux Message-ID: <200401121052.57987.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <20040111191926.GC85202@alexis.mi.celestial.com> References: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB4A6A8F0@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> <20040111191926.GC85202@alexis.mi.celestial.com>
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On Sunday 11 January 2004 11:19 am, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have a question that is bothering my brains. Why do people need > > Linux while there are great stable UNIX based systems as FreeBSD > > out there? > > Desktop applications. No need to use Linux just to get a desktop. I'm using KDE on FreeBSD at work and at home. It's all the desktop that I need. It does KDE on Linux does, because it's exactly the same desktop with exactly the same features. Ditto for GNOME. It is a bit harder to configure, but that isn't a problem in the corporate workplace where you have dedicated sysadmins. I think the only things keeping FreeBSD off of the corporate desktop are the availability of professional support and comprehensive binary security updates. Davidhome | help
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