Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:54:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?B?TeFyY2lvIERhdmlk?= <marciofdavid@hotmail.com> Cc: <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ? What kind of OS is that ? Message-ID: <20010621105234.B27505-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <F19oHMwVN7miR9Oduto000002b4@hotmail.com>
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A screenshot of FreeBSD is somewhat useless. Bring up a bash shell in BeOS, and you've got a good idea. However, like with Linux, there are many different X11 desktops (like KDE, Gnome, xfce), and window managers (afterstep, windowmaker, twm, mwm, sawfish, enlightenment, etc.). Going to any one of their pages will show you screenshots of what those interfaces can do. Joe Clarke On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] M=E1rcio David wrote: > > Thanx everyone for the replys. > > Maybe I'll check this FreeBSD someday, when i have some free time (and a > free HD... dont wanna have 2 OSs in the same HD..) > > About the MacOS X, well, i had an iMac 233 and had lots of hardware > problems (most of them in my monitor ! Just after about 1 year using > it...). And Macs are REALLY expansive in my country... I can buy about 3 > good pcs with the money... > > I'll still with Windows and BeOS for now... > > Just one more thing.. Can you give me a link for some FreeBSD > screenshots ? > > Gotta go. cya. > > MD > > >To add to Ken's comments, if you want to use a really nice, and easy OS > >with FreeBSD under the covers, I recommend Mac OS X. I know you'll have > >to buy new hardware for it, but it will definitely satisfy most of what > >you want. The GUI comes up out of the box, networking is a snap, and > root > >is disabled ;-). > > > >While I persoanlly love FreeBSD, I'd hate to recommend it saying it will > >be the OS of your dreams. If you're looking for something like Windows, > >FreeBSD is probably not for you. > > > >Joe Clarke > > > >On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > > > > > > I'm using M$ Win ME right now. I tried windows 95/98/ME/2K, MacOS, > > > > Linux (many distributions), BeOS, and some others OSs ! hehe Well, > > > > looking at all those OSs, I decided to continue with my old M$ > > > > OS........ But now I wanna something new ! Something diferent... > not > > > > just a new stupid linux distribution that takes 5 hours to make it > > > > work and about a month to make the damn internet work. So, i would > > > > like to know if FreeBSD is a DIFERENT OS, or it's just another > > > > "Linux-like" OS. Exemple : Will i see a stupid prompt asking me to > > > > type "root" when i turn on my computer ? Will i have to use wich > > > > Graphical interface ? (please, say it's not KDE...) Guess that's > all. > > > > > > OK, lets answer your questions. > > > > > > 1) As for ease of use: it's not windows, if you took 5 hours to get > linux > > > working, (any distribution) and a month to get the internet working, > then > > > FreeBSD will most likely be harder for you. If you want ease of use > stick > > > with winblows or BeOS. Just for comparison though, once you get > everything > > > working, you'll find that you can install and configure a system in > less > > > than an hour, sometimes 30 minutes. (on my machine, that's faster > than > > > windows installs, and I have only ever installed FreeBSD from the > network, > > > never from CD) > > > > > > 2) Linux-like is the wrong way to put it. FreeBSD is UNIX-based, > Linux is > > > a UNIX clone, so Linux is UNIX-Like, and FreeBSD is UNIX-based. > > > > > > 3) When you first install the machine, you will see a login prompt, > this > > > is expected behavior for any UNIX based or UNIX like operating > system, and > > > it's not stupid, it's just not windows as I said before. > > > > > > 4) You can choose which Graphical Interface is installed when you're > > > installing the operating system. KDE-2, Gnome, Windowmaker, etc... > it's up > > > to you. > > > > > > 5) to me it seems like your idea of a good os is one that is easy and > > > doesn't crash much. Well I've never had FreeBSD crash, and it's hard > to > > > learn at first, but once you learn it, it becomes easier, and more > logical > > > than windows. (I can fix a FreeBSD problem in minutes usually, most > often > > > without even rebooting the machine, where my windows expert friends > often > > > fix their problems by rebooting the machine) > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________= _______ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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