From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 16:37:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBBE16A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:37:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2845B43D31 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:37:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D386110 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:37:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 45808-03 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:37:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCD5660F0 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:37:23 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4210D3DD.10808@makeworld.com> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:37:49 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <382521231.20050213212528@wanadoo.fr> <1709020540.20050214172431@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <1709020540.20050214172431@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:37:27 -0000 Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > > >>The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server >>needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop >>needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O. > > > A desktop also needs a GUI, whereas a server is better off without it. > > >>While a desktop is USUALLY optimized for the video, and saves >>money by using poor I/O, and a server vis-versa, if you had unlimited >>funds you could certainly put a hardware RAID card on your desktop >>and have an equivalent to the server. > > > There's still the GUI issue, though. > That's a matter of point of view. If the user using FBSD uses a WM of his/her choice, and they are happy with the way if works - there isn't an issue. As for me, I have FBSD 5.3 as a desktop and as servers here. Windows is completely out of the mix. My WM does exactly what I expect it to do. I am able to use the ports to do the work needed. I am able to use Word and Excel file with zero issues. My email is flawless (to me) and it does exactly what I wand and need it to do - so, there are many of us where a "GUI" under FBSD isn't an issue. It's not fair to make a blanket comment as you have done. Now if it was phrased more like, To me, there's still the GUI issue, though. Then there is merit. You simply can't make a blanket comment. It does not apply. -- Best regards, Chris Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.