From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 09:43:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E6111065670 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A1B8FC08 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8564DE7208; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from unknown (client-82-26-212-122.pete.adsl.virginmedia.com [82.26.212.122]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:04 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:01 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Chad Perrin Message-ID: <20101108094301.00007cc7@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101108061723.GC18990@guilt.hydra> References: <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> <20101106225446.GC67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107101750.00006bd2@unknown> <20101107174106.GB77433@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107185845.66745df2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101107205122.GE17565@guilt.hydra> <20101107220729.000048f6@unknown> <20101108061723.GC18990@guilt.hydra> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:43:06 -0000 On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 23:17:23 -0700 Chad Perrin wrote: > I did give a nod to discoverability for GUIs, as you might note if > you go back and read what you quoted back at me. That's exactly what > you're talking about. I don't see why you have to pretend I didn't > mention it, and try to paint the efficiencies on the other side of > the trade-off as worthless in your response. I thought my original > description of the trade-off was pretty well balanced, despite the > fact I have a preference for one side over the other where most tasks > are concerned. Sorry - I didn't mean to imply that it was worthless, just that I believe the efficiency works the other way sometimes. For example I did Linux development for a while earlier this year and found it to be extremely inefficient compared to working in Windows, due to overuse of terminals and command-line operation - and I grew up running BBC BASIC and have been using FreeBSD for many years. I love having the command-line available and indeed often develop software using just an xterm but I do think a well-designed GUI can increase productivity by bringing things together that would otherwise be separate. -- Bruce Cran