Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:12:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices Message-ID: <200404150012.i3F0CbqN060314@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <20040414235920.GC29612@grover.logicsquad.net>
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>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:29:20 +0930 >From: "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net> >To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> >Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices >Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org >> I thought I would post this as something of a warning. Using >> FreeBSD as a primary, non-dual-boot OS means sacrificing. Here is a >> partial list of sacrifices, as compared to Microsoft Windows XP: >> * digital cameras Counterpoint: Actually, my wife couldn't get the manufacturer's software for her digital camera (re-)installed on her laptop successfully. (No, I don't recall if it's XP or what. It's Microsoft. I only provide basic network connectivity for it.) I plugged the USB connector in to my laptop, whereupon FreeBSD saw a rather slow SCSI disk. So I mounted it as an msdos-fs (read-only), and used tar to pick up everything on the 600+ MB disk, and copy it to a machine where we could do something useful with the pictures. :-} OK; it was a kludge. However, it had the singular virtue of working. Peace, david (who doesn't use Microsoft stuff) -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I do not "unsubscribe" from email "services" to which I have not explicitly subscribed. Rather, I block spammers' access to SMTP servers I control, and encourage others who are in a position to do so to do likewise.
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