From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 00:51:07 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 C83F91065683 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:51:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0CE8FC1A for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:51:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K2F009EYH178D80@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:51:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K2F00201H16DU70@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:51:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K2F00A4HH161300@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:51:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A0AB839 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:50:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:50:59 -0700 From: prad In-reply-to: <20080613223944.GA22516@kokopelli.hydra> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080613175059.0966a480@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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> <20080613223944.GA22516@kokopelli.hydra> 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: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:51:07 -0000 On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:39:44 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: > > for those who don't like to "hack the system", just have everything > > just put up and ready to use, there is already windows! > > . . . but you'd still get a "cooler" desktop by going with something > else > i agree. i was rather amused when a friend told me recently she had gone over to mac from xp and started raving about having discovered multiple desktops. i told her i was happy for her and added that i did know what these things were since we've had them for years in *nix. in answer to Wojciech's "... there is already windows!", i don't think there is anything 'wrong' with that os. in fact, i rather liked win95 and win98. on old machines back then win95 was a really easy install and required only 50M - you had to work much harder to put on linux (especially X). however, things are very different now and the *nix world offers a lot more. if some people don't want this and prefer to pay for propriety, more limited software then they can certainly find what they are looking for with xp, vista and whatever else is conjured up. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's