From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 10:58:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EF716A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:58:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF89643D81 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:58:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:4802 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Ag7Fs-0002ah-3U; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:57:40 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:48:08 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-107.acuson.com ([157.226.46.107]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id VDNN08R9; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:47:02 -0800 From: Johnson David To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:52:57 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB4A6A8F0@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> <20040111191926.GC85202@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20040111191926.GC85202@alexis.mi.celestial.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401121052.57987.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1Ag7Fs-0002ah-3U*0Bq1WR0hapw* Subject: Re: BSD Unix vs. Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:58:39 -0000 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. David