Date: 09 Dec 2001 03:44:33 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <antipode@thpoon.com> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <874rn06avi.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> In-Reply-To: <005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk> <000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr> <005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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"Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> writes: > I just recognize that UNIX is not a desktop OS, at least not > compared to Windows. I'm amazed that so many people try so hard to > prove otherwise. The only possible motivation I can think of for > this is that a lot of people who feel this way use UNIX (and > especially Linux, the most primitive and overhyped version of UNIX) > only because they hate Microsoft, and will go to any extreme, expend > any effort, and suffer any inconvenience just so that they can have > something that looks just like Windows but lacks the Microsoft > brand. You might be surprised, but, for one, I'd hate to have a desktop that looks like Windows. I want to start with a clean desktop, and then add only those few shortcuts, which I need most. I want to have non-buggy support for multiple desktops. I want to get rid of the task bar, which is not needed with multiple desktops. I want to have my own choice of clock/calendar application. I want to have my cdparanoia-based CD-ripper. I want my own choice of ICQ client. I want to be able to strip any window of all window decorations (title bar, resize bar, borders, etc.), and configure such window to not take focus; and I want that these settings be saved for a particular application between sessions. I want not to suffer brain damage if I want to repartition my hard drive, or migrate the entire installation to a new hard drive. I want to be able to securely connect to my workstation from work, in a terminal to avoid transfers of graphical information over slow network. These are just a few requirements of mine, specific to workstation use, which AFAIK Windows is unable to deliver. They make Unix a lot more adequate WS for me. Please don't generalize. Windows just doesn't make it for me. I doubt it ever will, given how little progress in terms of GUI configurability I am seeing between the versions. Basically, as far as I can see, it's the same old crap, only with new spiffy icons (pardon my choice of words). -- Arcady Genkin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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