Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:31:58 +0100 From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook Message-ID: <4CAC885E.8090103@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: <20101006062629.GA6187@comcast.net> References: <BLU0-SMTP206334E008974E47D19DF37936D0@phx.gbl> <4CAB25B1.6050906@radel.com> <4CAB2731.9090502@exonetric.com> <20101006062629.GA6187@comcast.net>
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Charlie Kester wrote: > On Tue 05 Oct 2010 at 06:25:05 PDT Mark Blackman wrote: >> >> There's also the whole train of thought that says FreeBSD isn't really >> aimed at the desktop/laptop/notebook use model and any benefit in that >> arena is entirely coincidental. > > I've often seen that opinion expressed, but never on the FreeBSD website > or in any of its "official" materials. > > On the contrary, most of the official literature presents it as an OS > for general-purpose computing, and not only for servers. > > If I'm wrong about and there is an official statement somewhere that the > main intention is to provide an OS for servers, it would be good to > know. It's derived from a server/workstation OS and I assume the number of FreeBSD deployed servers wildly outnumbers the desktop/notebook installations and the tag line is "The power to serve", so there's a strong server bias. However, lots of people of have put a lot of great work in to expand the desktop/notebook options for FreeBSD, but it's a big mountain to climb. - Mark
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