From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 05:05:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C4AC16A4CE; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:05:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20D343D31; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:05:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzpTQ-0000jd-00; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:05:40 -0800 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:05:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <13116927.20050212032039@wanadoo.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:05:49 -0000 On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > That depends on the OS to which you compare it. In isolation, FreeBSD > works on the desktop, just as most UNIX operating systems do, but in > comparison to Windows or the Mac, it's a rather sorry excuse for a > desktop. But no OS can do it all, no matter how religiously its > proponents might believe otherwise. I guess this depends on how "desktop" is defined. Being able to run a desktop for over a hundred days without reboots, without annoying continuous software failures, without worry of malicious (or anoying) pop-ups, virus, and malware, and being able to quickly do my desktop work is a good reason to use an open source Unix desktop. I guess Mac OS X can meet these goals. But can't meet the need to be able to use a good functional desktop on old, out-dated, slow hardware. (Nevertheless, it is not time to advertise FreeBSD as a "desktop" alternative.) Jeremy C. Reed BSD News, BSD tutorials, BSD links http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/