Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:44:51 +0100 From: Ramanan Selvaratnam <rama@ukfsn.org> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: Jeandre du Toit <jeandre@itvs.co.za> Subject: Re: Loving the FreeBSD Message-ID: <3F43B393.3010609@ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <200308201021.32294.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> References: <1061379040.1442.1.camel@Tarcil> <200308201021.32294.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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Johnson David wrote: >On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:30 am, Jeandre du Toit wrote: > > > >> i would like you to keep you os of my front porch. if i see >>windows in or near my house again there will be trouble. >> >> > >Hee hee! > >I just built myself a new computer, and Windows is one of the OSs that >will run on it. My first experience with Windows XP leaves me less than >thrilled. > >Formatting a 20Gig UFS2+Softupdates partition: less than five seconds. >Versus. Formatting a 20Gig NTFS partition: ten minutes. > >Installing FreeBSD 5.1: about ten minutes, with zero reboots. Versus. > To be fair and clear -- With a GUI 'desktop' environment and all in ten minutes? >Installing Windows XP: 52 minutes, plus two reboots (fewer reboots than >with 98 though!). > >Security advisories: FreeBSD 5.1 none that affect my system. Versus. >Windows XP + SP1 + about 40Megs of critical updates. I haven't even >gotten around to the fixes for those two internet shattering worms that >hit during the last two weeks. > >Setting up a DVD player in FreeBSD: install MPlayer and everything just >works. Versus. Setting up a DVD player in Windows XP: Try Windows Media >Player 9.0. Media Player crashes. Try "demo" version of WinDVD. Doesn't >work. Still haven't gotten DVD playback to work under Windows yet. > >Yes, I need more technical savvy to use FreeBSD. But since I already >have some small modicum of technical savvy, the choice for me is clear. >The only thing keeping Windows around for me is a tiny handful of >applications and the occasional game. > Important -- you missed the important comparision about the system respecting the user's freedoms. Less important -- Never run MS-Windows (if you have to) without Anti-Virus/Worm software (from Microsoft recommended vendors) if connecting to the internet :-) Regards, Ramanan
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