From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 15:12:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4623C1065672 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:12:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 059528FC08 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:12:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-73-80.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.73.80]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40CF91E6A5; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:12:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o96FCbue002226; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:12:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:12:37 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Mark Blackman Message-Id: <20101006171237.efafbc26.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4CAC885E.8090103@exonetric.com> References: <4CAB25B1.6050906@radel.com> <4CAB2731.9090502@exonetric.com> <20101006062629.GA6187@comcast.net> <4CAC885E.8090103@exonetric.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:12:40 -0000 On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:31:58 +0100, Mark Blackman wrote: > It's derived from a server/workstation OS and I assume the number of > FreeBSD deployed servers wildly outnumbers the desktop/notebook > installations and the tag line is "The power to serve", so there's > a strong server bias. This is basically (because historically) correct. Still, FreeBSD is considered a multi-purpose OS which is not restricted (!) to server use. > However, lots of people of have put a lot of great work in to expand > the desktop/notebook options for FreeBSD, but it's a big mountain to climb. That's true. The more "advanced" (often means: incompatible and not standard-compliant) devices get, the less support can be offered by FreeBSD. One of its main advantages is that it can turn older laptops and desktops into usable systems that would otherwise be considered "totally outdated". With each step in its OS development, FreeBSD usually gets faster and better (on the same hardware), in opposite to many other OSes. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...