Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:20:45 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to switch from Linux to BSD Message-ID: <4D9214ED.9010406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local> References: <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local>
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on 29/03/2011 19:43 Paul Schmehl said the following: > FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS. Desktop support is lacking when > compared to the other major OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux). You can make it work, > if you want to, but that's not what its primary function is. Chiming in on a random post. FreeBSD is whatever its users and developers make it to be. FreeBSD is positioned as a general purpose OS and different people use it in very different ways. From embedded through servers to desktops. Yes, really. You can share your experience about FreeBSD as a desktop, I can share mine (which is quite different from yours), those would be interesting (and perhaps useful) anecdotes. But, please, let's refrain from labeling FreeBSD and cornering it into some niche. -- Andriy Gapon
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