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Date:      Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:24:08 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.0 as a desktop 'failure' report
Message-ID:  <20020915212408.GC7155@genius.tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209141223520.34453-100000@beppo>
References:  <200209141903.g8EJ3Pua052916@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209141223520.34453-100000@beppo>

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On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 12:32:24PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>=20
> Now *I* run it on my desk top because the VM system doesn't freeze the
> mouse as I switch between windows the way Linux does. But I have to say
> that Windows2000 with Putty is just about as useful as a desktop *plus*
> you don't have to bork around with Vmware (which, btw, has gone on to
> version 3 which isn't supported under FreeBSD)

I'm trying to foster work to port this to FreeBSD.  Someone's looking at
it right now, so I'm hopeful that we'll have a working one soon.  It
sucks to have a licence that can't be used (yes I bought the upgrade!).

Joe
--=20
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain;
and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert
Einstein, 1921

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