Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:28:11 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <1F1DF2BC-7CA6-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AE9@mvaexch01.acuson.com> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AE9@mvaexch01.acuson.com>
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On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Johnson David wrote: > From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [mailto:chad@shire.net] > > > > Not to say that you cannot run a FreeBSD desktop.=A0 And any efforts=20= > to=A0 > > make that easier are applauded.=A0 I used to run Linux on the=20 > desktop[1] > > and FreeBSD on the server.=A0 Setting up Linux as a desktop at the = time > > (1990-2000 timeframe) was so much easier.=A0 I don't know about now,=20= > but > > with Linux (SuSE is what I used back then) it was as easy as setting=20= > up > > Windows. > > The suitability of a system for the desktop has only a little to do=20 > with installation and setup. If you're a newbie sitting at home=20 > without an administrator, then by all means stick with Mac OSX. No, I am an admin as well as a software developer and I use OS X=20 because it works, and works well. I am not bad mouthing using X (as in=20= X11) for desktops. It has its place. I personally have no use for an=20= X11 based desktop and my time is better spent doing other things. In=20 its current state, X11 based desktops require a certain amount of=20 caretaking and time spent to make it work, and even then, as a general=20= desktop, it does not work as well as OS X for the average user. For=20 certain people, though, it may be the better choice. > But the desktop market is far bigger than the newbie sitting at home.=20= > You also have to consider the business desktop where you have=20 > sysadmins to do the installation and setup. If you can train an admin=20= > to configure X.org (which ain't that hard), then there's no reason you=20= > can't have FreeBSD and KDE/GNOME/WhateverDE on the business desktop.=20= > Other than mindshare, that is. I am all for people working on FreeBSD as a desktop. The more=20 non-Windows desktops out there the better off we all are. cheers Chad
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