Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:59:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops Message-ID: <4C5C85D0.6080903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201008061025.o76AP6gK016127@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201008061025.o76AP6gK016127@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 08/06/2010 03:25, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, > Reference: >> From: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> >> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:55:49 -0700 >> Message-id: <4C5BC005.1050101@FreeBSD.org> > > Doug Barton wrote: >> Before proceeding on the details, there is a more important question. >> What is your purpose for setting up a FreeBSD laptop? If your purpose is >> to have a reasonable environment on which to do FreeBSD development, >> that's fine, we can do that pretty well. If you just want an "open >> source OS" to run your laptop, and you want to spend most of your time >> actually using things like mail, www, etc.; then FreeBSD is a very poor > ...................................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> choice, you'd be much better off with one of the Linux variants, > ^^^^^^^^ >> particularly Ubuntu. > > Troll noise does credibility of sender & FreeBSD no good. Lying to people hurts our credibility even more. :) It is absolutely true that as a general purpose desktop platform FreeBSD lags WAY behind other open source options. Without knowing the specific needs of the OP it's impossible to give suggestions on what would be a suitable solution, or whether any of FreeBSD's deficiencies in this area are likely to affect him directly. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
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