From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 22:44:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8CD106567C for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:44:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-09.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-09.bluehost.com [69.89.17.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A4658FC1F for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:44:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 2673 invoked by uid 0); 13 Jun 2008 22:44:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 13 Jun 2008 22:44:11 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K7I0B-00017y-4e for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:11 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:39:44 -0600 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:39:44 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080613223944.GA22516@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> <20080612113725.J4402@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4851B872.2090101@onetel.com> <20080613110158.K86321@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080613165119.GA31171@kokopelli.hydra> <20080613100811.0fb23892@gom.home> <20080613202844.P2744@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080613202844.P2744@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} DomainKey-Status: no signature Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:44:15 -0000 --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 08:31:41PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >the thing with windoze is that you don't have a choice - in fact, until > >recently you couldn't even have multiple desktops. >=20 > it's OK. users that REQUIRE lots of graphics etc.. don't usually make use= =20 > of it. so what's wrong with windoze. right software for the right people. >=20 > >with *nix and the creativity inspired by open source there are many, > >many opportunities. >=20 > in unix - as you say - you have a choice in every place. so that's good= =20 > that "desktop usage" isn't "improved" in FreeBSD as this improvement =3D= =3D=20 > lack of choice. >=20 > for those who don't like to "hack the system", just have everything just= =20 > put up and ready to use, there is already windows! =2E . . but you'd still get a "cooler" desktop by going with something else, like MacOS X, Ubuntu, or PC-BSD (in increasing order of "coolness" in the glitzy, unnecessary dancing rodents sense) without having to actually express any personal preferences during setup. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] I was essentially an anarcho-capitalist in high school, rather than wasting the folly of my youth on something lame like revolutionary communism. --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhS9zAACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXrOgCfddXdKlCvA60Ydy5lYDq7x17z dzMAn2PcB4jC5yNmUwPyn0a3Zk9A5xPE =CxMe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--