Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:29:00 +0100 From: Tony Mc <afmcc@btinternet.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thank you (for making the ports less boring). Message-ID: <20110914192900.00b1a0f9@elena> In-Reply-To: <1315942042.1747.258.camel@xenon> References: <1315864556.1747.103.camel@xenon> <20110912190558.641a3219@seibercom.net> <20110912230943.GD33455@guilt.hydra> <4E6E99BC.4050909@missouri.edu> <1315905051.1747.208.camel@xenon> <4E6F8A50.9060205@gmx.de> <1315942042.1747.258.camel@xenon>
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:27:22 +0200 Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no other words beyond that because I can't even seriously > imagine what those people stating how everything is perfectly fine > now consider to be a working, modern, 24/7 ready desktop workstation. I am interested to know what you regard as a modern 24/7 ready desktop workstation. Seriously, I would like to know what you think I am missing by being happy with FreeBSD. I manage to read stuff, write stuff, print stuff, listen to stuff, watch stuff, backup stuff, archive stuff, burn CDs and DVDs - what am I missing? I use tcsh and command-line tools and Emacs and org-mode and LaTeX and claws-mail and Firefox and Rhythmbox and JPilot to sync with my Palm TX. When people send me Microsoft Office documents I even use LibreOffice occasionally. I use XFCE4 as my desktop environment and switch virtual desktops to focus on different kinds of activity. The computer runs 24/7 and performs housekeeping tasks overnight and is there again in the morning when I need to start work. I suppose my needs aren't that sophisticated - but I also wonder if what is missing is truly sophistication or simply different ways of accomplishing existing tasks. So if you have the time I would genuinely be interested to learn what a modern desktop machine now needs or offers. Best, Tony
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