From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 19 07:44:20 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E674C08A82 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:44:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm25-vm4.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm25-vm4.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E02266FF2B for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:44:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1500450078; bh=IXxc21wxXgv5zZ6YNr/XM7stInipcAPNfvXEBbg9+y0=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=b/2z1afmUHOuQ79d6/n072zt51nRyGr5w6+x2qqqx3qRg61G3/b37n7pQMBBTJS4WjiI7hvz4i1qxxqn+YhMJZPIDlq/nYVxEtrYi0Tyay8SMNY1GoNurBUqJ5+/aIV8fNbpoTXZ2qI7Me+G/e4+ogUtGuRDSDOrgkCOIqJpoFpuIWLylWJrggv92Tf+wZtYH78b47KHFdjrYA67K/1bd2CcUFUv5b5HFvvCL3tPW9dRxNL6gq2SHv9/oHv8Dc72v7i+tHoR6+5sgyGLMbRmJaQfYdjgt/xoC8/cT/QOWBWkjf/BtC5r5sNlXLvC4xr+dUZ7oH4LKyKH26nae6+w8w== Received: from [212.82.98.54] by nm25.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 07:41:18 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.106] by tm7.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 07:41:18 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp143.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 07:41:18 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 813898.52999.bm@smtp143.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: KxOtYxsVM1kfkQoXIseMgRmo7aj.09O99Yu.OLyztYSP6wP o9tgFwuNz5kZjiZ9OCTg.Evh2DrWzJ8RK6vfApgwYZWKi3Ng5fY43A6ptOAL J8BSpPlXRhfChYxK00ZSl197M5GGfTQaw4ll9Dx2ZbZp8t97YDlEXFLzXMjq ozxcajFDt1Wh8ddHmDvASgUjVa_p8oiO7nlT_dS.ZHCWKiHvqJhQy.0uQwMS TKRA_KittbWatQNrlFTWTIYr3xBrxvayEf3DpCkID49.OJ1wkLazZg2c3JfU kk1pSFW3MkSwAVUxtgGrMU4C3.UQ_03MP2d3.GHhvAxIgxa6Nnmux3pM1xvo l1G0J01eGwVmU5mum_vtqUnGL6KPV6l9nIaKQJHq6mx8hiCGBF1Elf6gG8QP 4QaIgyHjQxM9eM1y_gpRIE_VWK4pQRqbXjO9fyurTP_v2uSbCwxiflDcbBQN Z0KHdUbolhycOMVzFPLPx97Nff3nIXTIBbEQacC1HqK7vHKh7XSoOheBHTBn h7CzWyFs_Z1D5sI9.ad.YRIkFnQ9D20OPbqbw.P9WZm18B7GN0bT4F2uzxSD 2OuVVD.UmNClJwksTm9GdSegtlho- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:41:22 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? Message-ID: <20170719094122.3541b41c@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <1500440247.5678.8.camel@rocketmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0git72 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:44:20 -0000 On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:17:49 -0700, Jack L. wrote: >I've been using FreeBSD as a desktop for over a decade, works great As already pointed out, it depends on the domain. A WM or a WM + DE and a MUA and browser works great. Professional real-time audio doesn't work at all. There are for sure many domains were it does a good job, but there are also for sure some domains were it can't be used. IOW the OP needs to mention what the desktop PC should be used for.