From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 09:31:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A04716A4BF for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:31:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amsfep13-int.chello.nl (amsfep13-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B567D43FEC for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:31:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joao@bowtie.nl) Received: from nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl ([212.142.29.165]) by amsfep13-int.chello.nlESMTP <20030901163122.XDKM16676.amsfep13-int.chello.nl@nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl>; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:31:22 +0200 Received: from hume.intra.bowtie.nl (hume.intra.bowtie.nl [192.168.4.13]) h81GVLWf067256; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:31:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from joao@bowtie.nl) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:31:20 +0200 From: Joao Schim To: sub_0@netcabo.pt Message-Id: <20030901183120.05a8d0d9.joao@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: <1062427379.15322.12.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> References: <29508631.20030901165843@mail.ru> <1062427379.15322.12.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> Organization: BowTie Technology BV X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 16:31:26 -0000 On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:42:59 +0100 Mario Freitas wrote: > FreeBSD is not intended to be used as a desktop, it is the best option > for firewall and Internet service features which do not require > extra-packages (or a lot of them) by default. Hey Mario, Well its my experience that FreeBSD is not only the best option for firewall and Internet services but it is also very capable of running desktop apps with the greatest stability. So that makes me wonder why you seem to have that idea that FreeBSD isn't ment for Desktop. I thought there was even a freebsd-gnome list around, and if gnome isn't desktop than i dont know what is.. With kindest regards, -- =========================================================================== Joao Schim telefoon:(+31)40-2649860 fax:(+31)40-2649861 http://www.bowtie.nl BowTie Technology BV Raiffeisenstraat 7 - 5611 CH Eindhoven