Date: 28 Nov 2001 14:09:38 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@molemanarmy.com> To: "Bara Zani" <bara_zani@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd as a desktop ? Message-ID: <86667vm1gd.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com> In-Reply-To: <006201c17815$d8960040$fd6e34c6@mlevy> References: <006201c17815$d8960040$fd6e34c6@mlevy>
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"Bara Zani" <bara_zani@yahoo.com> writes:
> so I decided to install freebsd and use it as my desktop client
> now here is where I need your help :
> I use my desktop for - email , web , mp3 and downloads ...
> as for email - I figured I can use fetchmail for multiple accounts and pine
> to read/sort in folders - but what happens with attachments ?
Pine works fine for incoming attachments. Fetchmail basically fetches
mail from a mail account (pop3, etc.) and delivers it to an MTA
running locally on your machine. This MTA normally delivers to
/var/mail/$local-part or /var/spool/mail/$local-part
Pine, gnus, etc, fetch the mail from there. I've never had a problem
with attachments.
> as for web - I have tried in vain to enable the java plugin on mozilla can
> someone help with that ?
Fraid I can't help here: (
> as for mp3 - what do I use ? I know xmms for Linux but for fbsd ?
> as for other stuff - image viewers ( xv ? ) video files ( mpg, divx
> , avi )
Um, for mp3's just build xmms from ports. For other things try xanim
or xine, also from ports. You can also install the win32 codecs, but
I've not got those working.
> also can I use star office with freebsd ?
Yep. /usr/ports/editors/staroffice52
> any other personal experience for using freebsd as a desktop and
> server are welcomed . please email me and not the list and I will
The biggest problem I have is sharing office documents. Good as
staroffice is, on large documents it often breaks formatting. This is
not such a problem when reading files that people have sent me, but
when working on a document with other people, staroffice's output
filters often wreak havoc with the document for everyone else :(
The second biggest problem I have is web browsing. Be sure to install
some decent truetype fonts for your browser. Even with that, a lot of
sites don't work properly with various browsers on FreeBSD. Especially
banking sites for some reason.
I've been using FreeBSD exclusively as a desktop for about 8 months
now. Before that I used Linux. While there are things I miss, there
are more things I miss about FreeBSD when using a Windows box. The
only move I can see myself making on the desktop front would be to
Mac OS X.1
I post all replies to the list as well in case someone searching the
archives find them useful.
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