From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 27 03:45:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBA316A40F for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jona.joachim@free.fr) Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (smtp1-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4AD043D66 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:44:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jona.joachim@free.fr) Received: from localhost (4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net [82.234.154.189]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DAD68B93; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:45:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:45:29 +0100 From: Jona Joachim To: "Donald J. O'Neill" Message-ID: <20061127044529.54a47728@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200611261751.47007.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <573056.56153.qm@web52406.mail.yahoo.com> <200611261751.47007.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: probsd org , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:45:42 -0000 On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:51:46 -0600 "Donald J. O'Neill" wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:15, probsd org wrote: > > Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" > > > > I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda > > or yadda > > > > when I cvsup ports, update the databse, and install www/firefox > > and go to a website I expect firefox's javascript or whatever to > > work. > > > > Perhaps you enjoy perusing the internet looking for different > > switches and knobs to make it work, I don't. > > > > > > > > > Maybe it would be good if you install java. It just might work then. > If you don't, you can't expect it too work. JavaScript is included in the Gecko engine used by Firefox. This has nothing to do with Java(TM). Jona