Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:49:29 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro Message-ID: <20080219154929.GA91805@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <1203423219.6470.86.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> 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>
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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."
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