Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:47:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? Message-ID: <20080614094335.T3207@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080613175059.0966a480@gom.home> 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> <20080613175059.0966a480@gom.home>
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> 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). there is nothing wrong in any product as long as it's sold with normal free marked rules, and nobody is forced using it. And that's the true problem with windows - that it is forced. for example - using our taxpayers money - it's in every school's computer and children have no choice but have their brain washed. but it's OT. > > 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. it's not "more limited software", it's more limited from our point of view. from their point of view unix is limited, because you can't just click "install" and get cool colourfull icons and windows. And LET IT BE THAT WAY. so please do not "improve" FreeBSD in that aspect.
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