Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:46:22 -0500 From: "Andre` Niel Cameron" <AndreC@Axxs.net> To: "Steve Brown" <gtabug@prayforwind.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <014601c171d2$22ada240$a50410ac@olmct.net> References: <3BF9B12B.3D521A4D@nycap.rr.com> <0111191831240Q.60958@chip.wiegand.org> <20011119220243.A268@prayforwind.com> <009a01c171a9$4eedbee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120061026.A2767@prayforwind.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brown" <gtabug@prayforwind.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:10 AM Subject: Re: home pc use > I've not seen FreeBSD just crash without explanation ever in a year of use. > I have seen netscape whack X twice, just type startx again. I found KDE stable > but too big on this 300m PII, 4G partition amd now I use XFCE or TWM. > > It -is- less intuitive than Windows for sure; you'd better be interested > in learning something about O/S and computers or you may be disappointed. > > Actually I'm one of those who tried it 'cause I wanted a choice other > thane Microsoft (Had the 1'st incarnation of Win98 at the time and I > grew sick of fdisk/formatting on a weekly basis) > I just thought I would add that out of Linux(RH6.2 or 7.1) Windows (95/98/98SE/ME) and FreeBSD 4.x FreeBSD wins hands down everytime. I have never had FreeBSD crash. I run KDE, mostly cause it was the first GUI I ever used besides windows. KDE has never crashed on me, not once. I agree that KDE is a bit heavy on the system, but its worth it weight. If you have the system resources that is:) I found that KDE helped speed the learning process for *nix systems. Coming from the dos/windows enviroment it is a tad confusing learning all the directory structures and system files. I think one of my favorite things about BSD is that when I change things its often as simple as editing a text file. I found that enjoyable as often with bulky windows simple config tasks often required the dreaded reboot:). Jut my 2cents. Regards, Andre` C. Technical Support ---------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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