Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:42:12 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for an OS and wanting to know if this is the one. Message-ID: <20070814084212.GA99820@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20070814082459.GD1923@kobe.laptop> References: <807695.72410.qm@web61018.mail.yahoo.com> <20070814082459.GD1923@kobe.laptop>
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:25:00AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-08-13 23:51, Brooks Lackey <shinesomber@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Can i use Yahoo Messanger, Itunes, & AOL Messanger. > > No, these programs are written by their respective vendors and they are > released only for Microsoft Windows systems. In some cases, like MSN > and Yahoo IM, you can use alternative FreeBSD programs, like Gaim, > Pidgim, Kopete, and so on. In other cases, like iTunes, it may be > impossible to find something compatible on FreeBSD. To clarify a bit: Gaim/Pidgin is a fairly complete replacement for Y!M and AIM (as well as MSN Messenger, ICQ, and others). While I don't know of an iTunes store client for FreeBSD, you can at least get support for the Apple Lossless Audio Codec and provide an iTunes-compatible server with software from ports. > > > I am just looking around as i am now tired of Windows. I dont know > > everything about OS but i like to learn new things and if there is > > something better out there i def. would like to use it. > > Brace yourself and prepare for a _very_ bumpy ride then! Sometimes, bumps are fun, though. It depends on what you're trying to accomplish, and what kind of driver you are. The comment about liking to learn new things makes me think this might be the "right" kind of "driver" to enjoy the ride (mostly, at least). > > FreeBSD is a *different* operating system. It works in different ways, > it includes different programs, and it generally uses, supports and > encourages a different philosophy, its own way of looking at things. > > These differences may alienate Windows users and keep them from trying > to use FreeBSD at first. If you honestly _try_ to use FreeBSD though, > and keep trying to "unlearn" the Windows habits and learn the new ones, > which FreeBSD encourages, you may start to like our system a bit. It > may even turn out that it was better than Windows for the kind of work > you want to do. > > There's no way to _really_ know, without trying :-) -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
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