Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:53:30 -0400 From: Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> To: Chris Nehren <apeiron+freebsd-stable@isuckatdomains.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <4FC9019A.8040601@gthcfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20120601155935.GF15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> References: <CAOgwaMvsv3e1TxDauV038Pp7LRiYeH7oAODE%2Bw-pxHt9oGrXMA@mail.gmail.com> <20120601155935.GF15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com>
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On 06/01/2012 11:59 AM, Chris Nehren wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:03:26 -0700 , Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >> Dear All , >> >> There is a thread >> >> "Why Are You Using FreeBSD ?" >> >> >> I think another thread with the specified subject '"Why Are You NOT Using >> FreeBSD ?" may be useful : >> >> >> If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you please >> list those areas with most important first to least important last ? > > I use Mac desktops. X11 and I don't get along. I still live in a > fullscreen green-on-black terminal, of course, and do all of my actual > work in either the Mac's BSD userland or a FreeBSD machine over ssh. > > So, really, this is nothing to do with FreeBSD per se, and I will > consider reevaluating FreeBSD as a desktop when something not X11 comes > along (although I don't see that as incredibly likely). You mean like a TV screen? :) Clearly for me I prefer FreeBSD for server operations and Linux for desktop although I frequently choose FreeBSD for desktop computing and in particular DVD playback with ffmpeg/mplayer. Cheers, Etienne -- Etienne Robillard Occupation: Software Developer Company: Green Tea Hackers Club Email: erob@gthcfoundation.org Website: gthcfoundation.org Skype ID: incidah
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