From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 16 16:57:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9BC16A9A1 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 16:57:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9748843D66 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 16:57:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n29so14866nfc for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 09:57:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:subject:cc:content-type:mime-version:references:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=oU+r2BQLsgYGQTk8BmivLjpQiU0f1P/8o+AGewUaNWX+3XZRaEd4Af3Cg772oveCaQLLAmb3K8TxclmMMbWz+kOrx7LLOtnziQM74JZX4niRb6JpXpNcQYVV8NOlCHLWB6LZ5I6XFMXTuRabctjf4wBSxrPW3OnxYag2rO2vG/w= Received: by 10.48.254.5 with SMTP id b5mr4666414nfi; Tue, 16 May 2006 09:57:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carpetsmoker.ictwerkplaats.org ( [80.126.94.163]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id q27sm1094320nfc.2006.05.16.09.57.11; Tue, 16 May 2006 09:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:55:50 -0000 To: "Kevin Kinsey" , "Martin Tournoy" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <44649AFE.20407@daleco.biz> <4469F8D7.9090309@daleco.biz> Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4469F8D7.9090309@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.00 (FreeBSD) From: Martin Tournoy Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #465132 to Love FBSD.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 16:57:35 -0000 Kernel from 1999 or 2001, what's the diffrence? Both old... Thats the thing with any version of windows, it's already outdated even = = before it's released... Why no FreeBSD? I set up a freebsd box for my brother, using fluxbox and= = xfce4-panel, and a few "easy" applications (openoffice, xfe, firefox, ga= im = ect.) and he has no trouble using it, even though he's a "computer idiot= " = (well actually, he's an idiot, perdiod, hehe) freebsd is actually easyer then windows, it's a bit harder to setup for = = the avarage user, but once set up by someone who knows his stuff, it's = really easy to use... On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:07:51 -0000, Kevin Kinsey wrote:= > Martin Tournoy wrote: >> Use windows 2000, works better and faster than XP anyway, has all the= = >> features XP has, except the teletubby UI, but that's not a feature bu= t = >> the work of the anti-christ... >> No troubles with updating, or nagscreens > > > Heh, I've a Thinkpad T23 with Win2K on it, though it really > ought to be used for FreeBSD as well --- however, wifey doesn't > see it that way just yet. Maybe if I get her a shiny new > DELL (*ack, cough, *hack*, sniff, wheeze). > > As for "no troubles with updating", that's all relative. If > I were using a BSD kernel from 1999, nobody would talk to me > around here ;-). I also appreciate FreeBSD's rich built-in > utility set, and dislike entering my passcode twice to switch > users in W2K (which, incidentally, isn't necessary on XP, > feature, bug, what have you....). > > > KDK >