Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 04:35:46 -0400 From: Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net> To: Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's Message-ID: <20020912043546.75f33c80.yid@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <20020911232728.GA24843@peitho.fxp.org> References: <20020911232728.GA24843@peitho.fxp.org>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:27:28 -0400 Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> wrote: > In my opinion, as a server, FreeBSD is a great choice. > It is fast, reliable, and very well built. But as a > desktop choice, it leaves a little to be desired. I use FreeBSD as a desktop (am I the only one who does? :-) ), and find it quite useful, and more easy and elegant to administer than Linux. (Linux = easier to install, FreeBSD = easier to maintain.) In everything except running the latest commercial games FreeBSD is a win; it even offers more choices in certain Internet client apps (not to mention server applications) than Windows. GNOME and KDE are too slow and try to immitate Windows without offering real improvements however for a GUI. I prefer to use Windowmaker, a NeXT clone, which is fast, easy to configure, and beautiful. I guess it depends upon what your needs are. If your main tasks are using the internet, learning software development, and you love Unix then FreeBSD is a great choice. If you need to run the latest games and have an insecure and uninspired mess as your OS then Windows has a place. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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