Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:03:25 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <20011120220325.GF27244@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <005f01c171bf$c4d06b10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3BF9B12B.3D521A4D@nycap.rr.com> <0111191831240Q.60958@chip.wiegand.org> <20011119220243.A268@prayforwind.com> <009a01c171a9$4eedbee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120023948.A92409@xor.obsecurity.org> <00df01c171b0$2a938be0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120105642.GA75918@rhadamanth> <012d01c171b6$96b5adc0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120114236.GA76431@rhadamanth> <005f01c171bf$c4d06b10$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On 2001-11-20 13:34:53, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Ceri writes:
> > Yes, FreeBSD is suited for server use, but I
> > find it perfectly adequate for my dekstop needs
> > as well.
>
> It may be, if your needs are very limited. I have more than 100 applications
> that I use on Windows, though, and there is just no way to get the equivalent on
> FreeBSD--nor do I have any motivation to try to do so. Why would I want a clone
> of Windows? I already _have_ Windows.
So what are you complaining about? :)
That KDE crashes? That you experienced spontaneous reboots at night?
But when people did suggest things that would help you find out the
(possible) cause of your problems:
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From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:19:01 +0100
Robert writes:
> Perhaps this was due to your buggy VIA
> Southbridge, mentioned in another
> thread, IIRC?
That same "buggy" hardware runs Windows flawlessly.
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Or you are complaining why FreeBSD does not work exactly like your
Windows work for you:
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From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:43:11 +0100
Which alternatives provide both the stability of the native CLI mode (which is,
after all, a major selling point for FreeBSD) and the functional and ergonomic
equivalent of Microsoft Windows?
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Anthony,
you have been posting troll-like messages to freebsd-questions for
more than a few days. The threads that you start and contribute to
tend to diverge a lot from being `questions' and they have a tendency
to transform in 'FreeBSD vs Windows' flamefests. Please stop this.
If you want to learn how FreeBSD works, the people on this list and
the rest of the FreeBSD support lists are more than willing to point
to the right places. Documentation and support is not something that
FreeBSD lacks. So, if you begin to like FreeBSD after a while, then
you are most welcome to use it :)
If, on the other hand, you find that you are so used to the Windows
way of doing things, or that you can not stop using programs that are
only available for Windows, or are unwilling to switch because you do
not have the time and/or the motivation to learn how FreeBSD works, it
is OK too. You don't *HAVE* to use FreeBSD.
-giorgos
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