From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 19 10:06:28 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 19819C783C6 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:06:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm30-vm6.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm30-vm6.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.84]) (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 8B140741C6 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1500458634; bh=I1Gqf3pC8J2e/d8SNKzgW5YBpxx+xlqLNV8Vi+VQUJE=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=GiPQNxn5Wks7YxGm95a5QsBfp6C3NdjlcnZMikogjCbXp9BRqM1ujyJCOUusVTlTpsfTY/DXQdv6tRTwTakqWyJ6wPI98U1vL001c+9V/+C/c3dvbEgr79hpjs06H97TQq7RlM/HwRzfx1PHC2UyMvXbSgM7966+mur36MLyD58FHSVHGJpbSnCe/HCE90wDkSIYAST0rPuBfholrEyp7YhI+ca8SM3pFRnvi52LG5NAwEBTYfiNxhqYjqsaJaVWZ0wDUBcnWVVWRKv8SiPT0srcZvupsVakcl/0DVB7PHUbrtu9wbgXLORYP/jBLEel36LL41k7tahhzL2ro3gi5w== Received: from [212.82.98.50] by nm30.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 10:03:54 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.84] by tm3.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 10:03:54 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp121.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 Jul 2017 10:03:53 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 987671.3304.bm@smtp121.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: AnpB3XsVM1kzuze1Oz.GDw79Kv7I4H3eOFCnb1X4dLeLa9D tufo2kdRn4RQt9WHX.IpdglRRrzvGO6_mLqL_AE6z4pr0zc9zw7C3wV3jGE4 SD1LqggiWieqgWuoWeBSUQftYsMKi3w_YnCpSI5Dq.LR3NiEeE5HQCn6uVL8 7fPGOHqW1yqIYyyIQf_qncEcpmHoxbYlN1LFpLtZu7EstRmrmLGGJu78DxTL fSGdyFrdsrd9ViQnpUzpZZvWlw1hrcZF9nPowY6wFl5Vj5ph3.IEdDEEtv_u PIkQa6XLijTXrsr.7aOrzlzCIGRyhDV09_33.i0U3n3aF0gsNf.SxiPXH1uJ yn6MTSu12RUO9egfpw.aqkATxI6VR..E8S3GD_CsXE2wskhNvpWOP5oWhe.w WuZ3ti3j6MjgVAtJpBsieCMPrOSh798vFN31hTsb2TUee0OrIIlsDjNSbe89 WNyfx8._QczKKNRJOLeiMTM6jtlnngNm1G_hauq7OvQdkk6D5Vv.pIe6faqn OJtgJ4MwZLD6dPeiY3zpPaE9ITDEHjLRfUMWdqEoHYhA9y1ZnBp_m.qscIHO abs66Ez_VgKuIFOONlOKNPtp8iGA- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:03:57 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I use FreeBSD as a desktop system? Message-ID: <20170719120357.45139b0c@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20170719102854.041ac2e3a3d3faecae676993@sohara.org> References: <1500440247.5678.8.camel@rocketmail.com> <20170719094122.3541b41c@archlinux.localdomain> <20170719102854.041ac2e3a3d3faecae676993@sohara.org> 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 10:06:28 -0000 On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:28:54 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >or because the underlying sound system is not good enough I guess that is one reason, even on Linux MIDI jitter is an issue, but there are at least some improvements, when using jackd with special ALSA options. Apart from this I suspect FreeBSD can't compare to the Linux real-time patch and that more pro-sumer, let alone pro-audio cards are supported by Linux. However, professional audio, even hobby audio, is a nice and the OP probably just wants to know, if FreeBSD is for servers only, or also a reasonable OS for desktop usage, in the sense of e.g. office work. IOW we shouldn't capture this thread for a discussion about pro-audio. I only wanted to point out that _no_ OS is superb in all domains.