Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:45:51 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Bara Zani" <bara_zani@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd as a desktop ? Message-ID: <00d701c1781b$638e8820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <006201c17815$d8960040$fd6e34c6@mlevy>
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Bara writes: > I figured that I'm all talk cause I use freebsd > for servers but win2k as my desktop . There is no reason for you to feel that way. UNIX is a server operating system; Windows 2K is a desktop operating system. You are simply using the appropriate OS for each purpose. If this makes you feel guilty, it may be that you have developed an emotional attachment to one or both of the two operating systems; on that path lies danger. > so I decided to install freebsd and use it > as my desktop client That was your first mistake. If Windows 2000 does what you require on the desktop, there is no reason to replace it with FreeBSD. If you feel "unfaithful" because you dare to use Windows on the desktop instead of using FreeBSD on every machine for every purpose, you are replacing reason with emotion, and as I've said, on that path lies danger. Of course, if these are your own systems, it doesn't matter ... but if you are managing systems for your employer or for others, installing one OS in preference to another just because you feel emotionally attached to it is a very bad decision. I'm sure there are probably lots of people out there trying to replace FreeBSD (or some other flavor of UNIX) with Windows 2000 as well, and for the same emotional or religious reasons. But Windows 2000 usually doesn't work quite as well as UNIX for pure, generalized server applications, just as UNIX doesn't work as well as Windows on the desktop. Understanding this reality is an important step towards the attainment of perpetual IT bliss. I use Windows NT as my desktop OS, and FreeBSD on my server. I see no reason to change this, as both operating systems are now doing what they do best. Even after using FreeBSD for only a few weeks, it is very clear to me that FreeBSD whips the pants off NT as a server (although that didn't really surprise me), and Windows whips the pants off FreeBSD on the desktop (no surprise there, either). And note that I run Windows NT, not Windows 2000; since NT has always done everything I require, I've never had any reason to "upgrade" to Windows 2000--and since I have no emotional attachment to any of these operating systems, upgrading just to remain faithful to a religion is not a problem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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