Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:20:03 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Peter" <fbsdq@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: About Unix Message-ID: <014e01c0a826$4f5a1060$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <SAK.2001.03.08.bnehplin@support10>
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> Offtopic, but I'm just curios why do you never use FreeBSD as a > workstation? Why use Solaris as a workstation instead of FreeBSD [I'm > assuming you are talking Solaris x86], if not this question > /dev/null. Simple .... I've occasionally waded through configuring X during setup of a gateway system & invariably had problems getting it to a usable state. Those that I have had working didn't impress me anyway ... all the important config items are command line things, so for server use there is no advantage I'm aware of in having X.. In addition, I've noticed that some of the security experts state that X is actually a disadvantage on a server. I can't see any point in running FreeBSD on workstations ... there are few "real world" applications available, the linux compatibility is far from perfect, then there is the printing to "common or garden variety" inkjet issue, the fiddly XFree setup & the amateurish looking and horribly unstable KDE to contend with. Ok so there are better alternatives than KDE (eg XFCE) but that only provides a halfway usable workaround to one problem ... the others still remain. Now consider the Solaris x86 alternative ... the GUI is straightforward to configure & doesn't do weird stuff, StarOffice works properly, printing isn't a problem with ESP PrintPro, and more to the point it can be installed in a regular business office machine used by ordinary folk. All that considered, FreeBSD does an extremely good job in its intended capacity as a server O/S ... it was never intended as a gaming or wordprocessor platform. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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