Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:19 +0000 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems" Message-ID: <499c70c0701260844l512ecdfbqf868b82b6d68b452@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <17849.59412.208973.390543@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <45B8B022.1020909@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20070125140805.B115E13C459@mx1.freebsd.org> <b34be8420701252354j60947cifa825502eeaf5b6b@mail.gmail.com> <17849.59412.208973.390543@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 1/26/07, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > > Juha Saarinen writes: > > > > People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > > variants) for a great many years now. > > Indeed. Not long after Linux appeared on the radar of the > general public, the tech reporter for my local paper (which, being > the /Boston Globe/ is not quite as tech-challenged as most > publications, but even so) did a very nice and very accurate called > something like "The most important OS you've never heard about." > > > > Robert Huff I think PCBSD 1.3 and DesktopBSD 1.6 will change this soon, since they are making FreeBSD desktop ready for workstations, pcs, and laptops Check http://www.bsdstats.org/ and see PCBSD rank now ;) The only thing is needed to boost FreeBSD image as a desktop ready OS is missing Flash native player. I have filled feature request in adobe to port Flash player to FreeBSD as well. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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