From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 20:30:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E4E16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B0FE43D2D for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0908.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AE6001C0013F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:30:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0908.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 895E41C0013E for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:30:25 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212203025562.895E41C0013E@mwinf0908.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:30:24 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <686780095.20050212213024@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <420E26FD.7090005@wanadoo.es> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <823196404.20050212105644@wanadoo.fr> <420DE422.3020102@wanadoo.es> <1546398643.20050212123202@wanadoo.fr> <420E0164.7090300@wanadoo.es> <27964692.20050212160046@wanadoo.fr> <420E26FD.7090005@wanadoo.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:27 -0000 Ramiro Aceves writes: > There are not a myth, they are a fact. I have seen bluescreens > frecuently in win95 and winMillenium. Neither of these is based on NT, and both are dead products. > Now I am out of the winbugs world since 2 years and I am very happy. Perhaps longer than that, if you think Windows 95 is still current. > Sure X is the culprit. I agree. FreeBSD is stable without the GUI. If the GUI were purely a userland program, there'd be no problem--but GUIs are never pure userland programs. > I need the GUIs for my daily work. Electronic circuit design software > requires GUI, imaging editing requieres GUI, and because of that many > people needs a GUI, but that is not a reason to use Winbugs. You have to use whatever platform supports your chosen application. > I have seen also winXP computers here at University that do very weird > things everyday. Users at universities do very weird things to their computers. In particular, university computers tend to be cesspools of viruses and worms. It's a wonder they run at all. > Why not choosing Linux or FreeBSD for the desktop? Because the leading desktop is Windows, with a quarter-million or so applications written for it. Why do things the hard way when one can do them the easy way? > I can choose a windowmanager among decens, I have many apps that > perform the same or better than the winbugs counterparts, and the best > of all, they are *free* and do not depend on any comercial enterprise. Quite a few applications for Windows are free or very inexpensive as well. > I do not need too much bells and whistles to fell confortable at the > desktop. A fluxbox window manager is perfect for me. The important > thing are the apps, not the desktop. Then why use a GUI at all? GUIs are nothing more than bells and whistles. -- Anthony