From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 27 11:50:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793DE106564A for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E398FC20 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LnAaE-00059X-8i; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:46 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n2RBojPE005150; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:45 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 90929FCA699; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:40 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:40 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20090327115040.GA88708@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Wojciech Puchar , Chris Whitehouse , FreeBSD Questions References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <20090325034317.160b149d.freebsd@edvax.de> <49C99E1C.9090303@gwi.net> <20090325041118.5c99710a.freebsd@edvax.de> <49C9A572.3070006@gwi.net> <20090325045911.56efaff6.freebsd@edvax.de> <49CC1230.8060005@onetel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:46 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Chris Whitehouse Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:51 -0000 On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:03:59AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >It's certainly not slow and messy here. I installed PCBSD a couple of > >months ago after a few years of rolling my own desktop and I love it. On > >reasonable spec hardware it runs very well, the developers have done an > >excellent job > > of course. windows vista runs well too on overmuscled hardware. No it doesn't. It doesn't run well on any hardware because it's got things like a file manager that is broken for all intents and purposes. No virtual desktops, undocumented shell etc. > > Just i don't understand the idea of wasting the power of good hardware > just to waste. IMO, making the user experience a little less daunting is a good use of hardware. Saying that, I've introduced my nephew (age 14) to FreeBSD proper. He made good progress and managed to build himself a PC (with some brief written instructions from me) and to install but came unstuck on an unsupported video card and lack of a decent 'net connection. But I'll fix him up when I go out to Oz later this year by which time he should have broadband. I wanted him to have a sound understanding of the fundamentals and how everything fits together. I don't think PC-BSD would have done that. But a copy of FreeBSD 7.0 (downloaded at school), a book on vim and a book on ksh should give him a good start to computing nirvana ;) Sorry if I've strayed off-topic. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html