Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:16:32 -0500 From: kitsune <kitsune@gmx.co.uk> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: ggilliss@netpublishing.com Subject: Re: Brilliant and very useful for FreeBSD, IMHO Message-ID: <20030408161632.07952231.kitsune@gmx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3E916DC3.4090407@centtech.com> References: <20030406172035.GA45332@netpublishing.com> <3E91360F.1090702@401.cx> <3E916DC3.4090407@centtech.com>
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On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 07:23:31 -0500 Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > [..snip..] > > I love FreeBSD, but not even I would get the idea to run it as a > > desktop. It's not good at it, and if someone asks for my opinion, I hope > > it never will be. > > Even Microsoft have realised that it takes a different os to run a > > server then a desktop. They have a plethora of different editions, like > > XP Home Edition and W2K Advanced Server. As long as FreeBSD excels on > > servers, chances are it will not make a perfect desktop. > > I say we have enough desktop os's, lets keep FreeBSD kicking ass on the > > servers. The window thing has nothing to do with technical capabilities, but with that microsoft does not want to make a OS that works nicely as a server and is for the average user. That way they can sell two and make more money. > Well, I'm just about 180 degrees different on the desktop OS theory as > you are. I've been using FreeBSD as my desktop OS for several years > now. I run it on my notebook (which I am using now), and my desktop. > Both are my "workstations" - my desktop rarely gets rebooted, and of > course my notebook is like my wallet, with me everywhere I go. > > It's actually the finest desktop OS I have ever used. Now, I do have XP > installed on my notebook, but I rarely boot into it. In fact, I only do > so to test Windows things for my users. I'm not a big fan of "super > mario windows" looking GUI's (like the default XP setup - eek!), but I > can appreciate a decent UI when I see one. Windows isn't there yet. > Now, I'm a KISS (keep it simple, stupid) believer, so I run fluxbox. > It's so darn easy to config, and so simple to use. > > Just for informations sake, I taught my wife to use FreeBSD as her > desktop OS in about 15 minutes. She got used to fluxbox and used it > like she has known it for years. Also, recently I showed a unix > "newbie" FreeBSD, and let him play with is and several Linux os's, and > he finally decided on FreeBSD because (in his words) "it's just so > simple and easy to get things done". > > Just my $0.02. > > Eric I Agree. FreeBSD works great for desktops/workstations. I have it installed on all my boxes using fluxbox. I managed to teach my sister to use freebsd in 30 minutes. When I built a comp for her a few months ago with FreeBSD 4.7 on it.
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