From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 15:49:31 2008 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 4AEE416A417 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-107.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-107.bluehost.com [69.89.22.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FD4213C46B for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 14797 invoked by uid 0); 19 Feb 2008 15:49:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by xmail.bluehost.com with SMTP; 19 Feb 2008 15:49:30 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JRUio-00054C-GL for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:49:30 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:49:29 -0700 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:49:29 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080219154929.GA91805@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <276406.27436.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080219114803.V2675@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1203419902.6470.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080219125031.R2835@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1203423219.6470.86.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1203423219.6470.86.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:49:31 -0000 On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:13:39PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 12:51 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >> > > >> by not being linux at all. > > > > > > FreeBSD is more a server than a desktop system. Ubuntu particularly is > > FreeBSD isn't both desktop or server system. it is just unix - it depends > > from the user how it's being used. > > True. But looking at it from a newbie point of view the statement helps > give it perspective. I have to translate for people all the time and I > know this works. > > We all know that FreeBSD whoops linux's ass, but as to how it does this > is beyond most newer users. :P The way you phrased it makes it sound like FreeBSD is simply unsuited to use as a desktop system. Contrary to that impression, I'm sending this from a Thinkpad laptop with FreeBSD on it, and it's by far the best "desktop" OS I've ever had the pleasure to use. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Thomas McCauley: "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."